Yogi proves he's smarter than the average pooch with Crufts win

The seven-year-old, whose pet name is Yogi, beat competition from six other prize pooches in the culmination of the four-day show at Birmingham's National Exhibition Centre (NEC).

Taking second place was a Scottish Terrier from Russia, whose pet name is Rico.

As applause from thousands of spectators greeted the dog, who is from Carlisle, his handler, John Thirlwell, said: "He is just such a wonderful dog, I am just pleased that he stood up to it."

Yogi, who won the Gundog group earlier in the evening, is the first Hungarian Vizsla to win Best in Show at Crufts and Mr Thirlwell said he is likely to retire now.

Judge Valerie Foss said: "He is such a lovely mover, so powerful, so free. He is just a very, very good dog."

The Kennel Club said almost 22,000 dogs across 187 breeds were entered into this year's Best in Show competition.

They had been whittled down in their individual categories to just seven competitors who battled it out last night.