{"id":377942,"date":"2026-07-18T14:17:40","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T14:17:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/377942\/"},"modified":"2026-07-18T14:17:40","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T14:17:40","slug":"photos-capture-houston-world-series-of-dog-shows-at-nrg-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/377942\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos capture Houston World Series of Dog Shows at NRG Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Houston World Series of Dog Shows continues through Sunday at NRG Center, bringing together competitions, vendors and dogs of all shapes and sizes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The five-day event features daily all-breed competitions culminating in the selection of a Best in Show winner.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"A dog looks at the camera before being shown during the Houston World Series of Dog Shows, a five-day event featuring everything canine, at NRG Center in Houston, Friday, July 17, 2026. (Jacob Lujan\/Houston Chronicle)\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/houston_chronicle_hearst_715\/473e791a648be4fde6688fd3fc4f5967.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A dog looks at the camera before being shown during the Houston World Series of Dog Shows, a five-day event featuring everything canine, at NRG Center in Houston, Friday, July 17, 2026. (Jacob Lujan\/Houston Chronicle)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The schedule also includes more than 40 breed specialty shows and three group shows, with more than 150 breeds represented throughout the event.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond the show ring, visitors can browse vendor booths, watch performance events and demonstrations, and meet a variety of breeds while learning about their temperaments, training and care. <\/p>\n<p>Staff photographer Jacob\u00a0Lujan captured scenes from the event, including the dogs, handlers and spectators taking part in one of Houston&#8217;s largest annual canine gatherings.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"A groomer blow drys a dog before contest during the Houston World Series of Dog Shows, a five-day event featuring everything canine, at NRG Center in Houston, Friday, July 17, 2026. (Jacob Lujan\/Houston Chronicle)\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/houston_chronicle_hearst_715\/37a38a87dae57823a37d6e468fc20dd2.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A groomer blow drys a dog before contest during the Houston World Series of Dog Shows, a five-day event featuring everything canine, at NRG Center in Houston, Friday, July 17, 2026. (Jacob Lujan\/Houston Chronicle)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The show is open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday at NRG Center. Adult admission is $15. Seniors 55 and older, as well as active-duty and retired military members with valid identification, receive a $5 discount. Children 12 and younger are admitted free with the purchase of an adult ticket. 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Subscribe today for just 25\u00a2.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This article originally published at <a data-ylk=\"slk:Photos capture Houston World Series of Dog Shows at NRG Center;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonchronicle.com\/news\/houston-texas\/article\/houston-dog-shows-photos-22347136.php?utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=yahoo_syndication\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Photos capture Houston World Series of Dog Shows at NRG Center<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Houston World Series of Dog Shows continues through Sunday at NRG Center, bringing together competitions, vendors and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":377943,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[56,58,57,28260],"class_list":["post-377942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-nrg-center"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=377942"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377942\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/377943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=377942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=377942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=377942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}