'Banana Joe' wins Westminster

February 13, 2013

, a five-year-old, won last night's.

Joe is the first Affenpinscher to win Westminster's Best in Show. The small black dog beat out six other dogs that had won in their respective contest groups &mdash; Adam, a ; Oakley, a ; Jewel, an ; Matisse, a ; Honor, a, and crowd favorite Swagger, an &mdash; to win the title.

Joe will be turning six next month and is retiring from his career as a show dog. Today, he is to fly back to the country of his birth, The Netherlands.