Hosted again this year by John O’Hurley and expert analyst David Frei, this year’s show will be a little different: Viewers will now get a chance to participate and vote in their own “Viewers Choice Best in Show!”

Once the remaining seven Best In Show competitors have been selected, the television audience will be able to vote online at dogshow.NBCSports.com or by texting the word “DOG” to 51515 on their cell phones. Viewers will also be encouraged to vote for their favorite group winner throughout the day.

The National Dog Show airs right after the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on NBC from noon to 2:00 p.m. in all time zones.

The television broadcast will also be available online after 2 p.m. EST on Hulu.com, a popular online video service that offers hit TV shows, movies and clips.

[images used with permission from National Dog Show]

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The ‘National Dog Show’ on Thanksgiving

It’s time to catch up with the week’s doggy news!  What’s been happening to our furry friends this week?

• Why it’s important to microchip your dogs – a Dachshund is reunited with his owners after going missing five years ago.
•  Want to know why I recommend getting your purebred puppy from a responsible breeder?  90 puppies were rescued from a backyard breeder in Florida – mostly toy breeds.
• Did you know that dogs are trained to sniff for cell phones now?  A prison in New Jersey is using specially-trained sniffer dogs to find cell phones that have been used to smuggle contraband into the jail.
• Remember Uno, the Best in Show winning Beagle from the Westminster Kennel Club dog show?  Macy’s has commissioned a float especially for this year’s Macy Parade.  Uno will ride along with David Frei before attending the National Dog Show as a special guest.

image: Stock.xchg

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