Where to watch dog shows online

Major Dog Shows You Can Watch Online

Westminster Dog Show

Westminster is changing homes. In a landmark partnership, Netflix will be the new streaming home of the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show when the iconic event returns to New York City in early 2027 for its 151st show. The dates are set: the 151st Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show takes place January 30 through February 2, 2027, with daytime breed and agility events held at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City and its evening group judging and Best in Show hosted at Madison Square Garden.

The split matters for viewing. Daytime breed competitions at the Javits Center will stream live simultaneously on Tudum.com and westminsterkennelclub.org, while evening judging at Madison Square Garden streams live on Netflix February 1-2. So if you want the full breed-by-breed judging during the day, you'll be on the Westminster site or Tudum, if you're there for Best in Show, you need a Netflix account. Before this move, the competition aired on Fox Sports since 2017, the USA Network starting in 1984, and CBS starting in the 1960s, so this is the first time any of it has lived on a subscription streamer rather than cable or broadcast TV.

American Kennel Club National Dog Show

This is the one most people stumble into after the Macy's parade. The 2026 taping happens in Pennsylvania in mid-November, but the NBC Thanksgiving Day special is expected Thursday, November 26, 2026, noon to 2 p.m. ET/PT. It airs on NBC right after the parade, and you can stream it on NBC's website and the NBC app starting at 12 p.m. ET, with the app available on Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire, and through live-TV services like YouTube TV.

Worth knowing before you go hunting for a live feed: Peacock won't be live-streaming the event when it airs, but previous National Dog Show airings can be watched on Peacock. Peacock is your on-demand library here, not your live option. The broadcast itself is pre-taped from the Saturday show weeks earlier, which is why the energy feels polished rather than raw.

Kennel Club Shows: Crufts and Beyond

For UK and international viewers, Crufts is the equivalent heavyweight, and it's genuinely easy to watch free online. You can subscribe to the Crufts YouTube channel to enjoy all of its livestreams and access its full library of new and archive videos, and the channel shows highlights and full competitions from across the four days of Crufts, including agility, group judging, heelwork to music, flyball, and Best in Show, plus it streams all the main arena events live. For 2026, UK viewers also get it on terrestrial TV: U.K. coverage runs on Channel 4 for free, with YouTube as the global free option.

Beyond Crufts, most national and regional kennel clubs run smaller breed-specific circuits through the year. These rarely get mainstream press coverage, but they're often the most interesting viewing if you care about a particular breed rather than an overall Best in Show.

Streaming Platforms and On-Demand Libraries

Peacock

Peacock's role is mostly archival rather than live. As noted above, it's the place to catch past National Dog Show broadcasts once the live NBC window has passed, which makes it useful if you miss Thanksgiving noon or want to rewatch a specific year's Best in Show.

AKC National Championship

This is the show that used to run under the Eukanuba name and now carries Royal Canin as lead sponsor, though Eukanuba still sponsors the companion events. You can watch the AKC National Championship Dog Show live on AKC.tv December 12-13, 2026, from Orlando, Florida. The best part for casual viewers: groups and Best in Show, agility, obedience, and rally continue to be live streamed for free on AKC.tv and remain available on demand. No subscription, no cable login, just the AKC's own platform.

Breed-Club Channels

If you're after a specific breed rather than an all-around show, breed clubs and smaller AKC events post extensively on YouTube and AKC.tv. The AKC Rally National Championship and National Obedience Championship, for instance, run their own free livestreams each July. For background on what these breeds actually look like and compete as, the breed guides on this site cover individual temperaments and standards if you want context before you watch.

24/7 Live Dog Shows Online

Everything above runs on a calendar. If you'd rather have a dog show on in the background at 2am on a Tuesday, that's a different category entirely, and it's where The Dog Show fits in.

The Dog Show at dogshow.lol is a round-the-clock live stream where owner-submitted dogs appear one at a time, for about fifteen seconds each, while people in chat react and throw "bones" (the site's name for votes) to keep a dog on screen a little longer. There's no judging panel, no breed standards, no entry fee. It's free to watch with no account needed, and free to enter a dog if you want to join in. It's a live, always-on feed of dogs for people who want that specific kind of background company, with no Westminster-or-Crufts-style competition and no kennel club affiliation. If the scheduled shows above are appointment viewing, this is the one that's just always there.

Tips for Finding and Enjoying Dog Shows Online

Check your time zone before you set a reminder. Westminster's evening Best in Show on Netflix runs on East Coast time, the National Dog Show's noon ET slot is "all time zones" per NBC's own framing, meaning it's simulcast rather than staggered, so don't assume a 3pm start if you're on the West Coast. When in doubt, set a DVR or streaming-service recording rather than trusting memory on Thanksgiving morning.

Follow breed-specific schedules if you have a favorite group. Westminster and Crufts both publish daily judging schedules broken out by group (terrier, toy, working, and so on), so you can skip to just the hour your breed is being judged instead of sitting through a three-hour broadcast.

Join the community conversation around a show. Reddit's dog show threads and Facebook groups tied to specific kennel clubs tend to post real-time updates and reactions during live judging, which is useful if you can't watch live but want the Best in Show result without waiting for a recap article. For general background on how these shows are structured and how entries work, the resources section has more on the mechanics of entering and judging.