Meet Monty, the giant schnauzer who made Westminster history as 2025 ‘Best in Show’ dog: ‘I knew he was special when he was a baby’

There’s a new top dog at Westminster.

And Monty the giant schnauzer, who made history with his Best in Show win at the 149th Annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show on Feb. 11, knew it when it happened.

Monty’s owner and handler, Katie Bernardin, told The Post that she started to tear up when her dog was named the winner at Madison Square Garden.

There was “no doubt in [her] mind” that her four-legged friend knew he won at the moment — though she said she noticed Monty’s demeanor changed from excited to concerned after seeing her crying.

“I never cry — that’s not an emotion that he’s used to,” Bernardin, who lives in Chaplin, Connecticut, said. “You can see in the video he’s looking at me, like, ‘What’s wrong? I thought we won.'”

The 5-year-old pup competed against a field of 2,500 show dogs of over 200 different breeds and made history as the first-ever giant schnauzer to win Best in Show at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show.