when is the national dog show filmed

The National Dog Show is taped the weekend before Thanksgiving, during the Kennel Club of Philadelphia’s benched shows at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks, Pennsylvania, and then edited and aired on Thanksgiving Day on NBC.

When it’s filmed

• The show is not live on Thanksgiving; judging and filming happen the prior weekend at the Kennel Club of Philadelphia’s all-breed shows.

• For example, the 2025 National Dog Show competition was recorded over two days, Saturday November 15 and Sunday November 16, at the Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks, PA.

How it lines up with Thanksgiving

• NBC then takes that recorded footage, edits it, and broadcasts “The National Dog Show Presented by Purina” in a two‑hour special on Thanksgiving Day after the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.

• This pattern of weekend taping followed by a Thanksgiving broadcast has been the standard format for the modern National Dog Show TV event.

TL;DR: When people ask “when is the National Dog Show filmed?” they’re usually seeing the polished Thanksgiving Day broadcast, but the actual judging and recording happen the previous weekend at the Kennel Club of Philadelphia shows in Oaks, Pennsylvania.

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