Westminster Dog Show at Madison Square Garden
Westminster Dog Show at Madison Square Garden is held on February 11. February 11-12. This event in the second decade of the month February is annual. 
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You're probably aware that the Westminister Dog Show has been around for quite some time — but did you know that this show was going on long before light bulbs, cars, and basketball were invented?
One of America's oldest sporting events is also its most slobbery. The Westminster Dog Show had modest beginnings. Around 1876, a group of sportsmen began to hold regular meet-ups in a Manhattan bar to swap hunting stories. The group met at a bar in The Westminster Hotel, and aptly named themselves the Westminster Breeding Association (later the Westminster Kennel Club). It was after helping to stage a dog show in Philadelphia that the group decided to hold their own to compare and showboat their pups.
Westminister Dog Show is the second-oldest American sporting event, second only to the Kentucky Derby.
Similar holidays and events, festivals and interesting facts
Have a Heart for Chained Dogs Week on February 7 (February 7-14);
Walking the Dog Day on February 22
International Dog Biscuit Appreciation Day on February 23 (The first dog biscuits were developed in the mid-19th century by American manufacturer James Spratt);
National Dog Biscuit Day in US on February 23
Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on March 1 (First Saturday in March);
What If Cats and Dogs Had Opposable Thumbs Day on March 3
Crufts on March 6 (The World's Largest Dog Show held in Birmingham, England)