With last year’s Best of Group winner, the American foxhound Ch Kiarry’s Pandora’s Box (“Jewel”), retiring after her November win at the Purina National Dog Show in Philadelphia, 2014 was up for grabs. The honors went to a three-year-old bloodhound named Nathan.

Breed: Bloodhound
(photo by Kwai Chan / Meniscus Magazine)
The rest of the Top 4 Best in Hound Group results follow:

Breed: Whippet
(photo by Kwai Chan / Meniscus Magazine)

Breed: Basset Hound
(photo by Kwai Chan / Meniscus Magazine)

Breed: Irish Wolfhound
(photo by Kwai Chan / Meniscus Magazine)
Video: Behind the scenes at the 2014 Westminster Dog Show
video by Mai D. Chan / Meniscus Magazine