For four days every year in March, Crufts takes over the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham for the ultimate weekend for dog-lovers.

As well as four days of competition, there are rescue stands, activities and hundreds of opportunities to meet some very special canines, making it a bucket-list festival for dog-lovers. Here are some of this year's stars.

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