Vito the pug won this year’s National Dog Show, winning the “Toy” category and beating out more than 1,900 other canine competitors.
Vito was the first pug to be declared “Best in Show” in the contest’s time on television.

He “has a beautiful head and expression, he’s a very compact dog which they’re supposed to be, and his movement, he’s got wonderful movement inside which is appealing to a lot of people,” his handler, Michael Scott, said while being interviewed after the win.

The victory was not a first for either Vito or Mr. Scott. …