PHOTO GALLERY: Nearly 1,000 dogs compete in dog show

Buttons, a two-year-old sable-and-white rough collie, stands on the grooming table during the setup for the Columbia Missouri Kennel Club's All Breed Dog Show Friday at the Central Missouri Events Center. Peggy Howard, Buttons' handler, has been showing dogs for 30 years and competes in 20 to 30 shows every year.   |  Amy Stroth

Nine-year-old Joseph Rockaway, left, and his mother, Tonya, brush their two-year-old cocker spaniel, Gnarley, during the setup of the Columbia Missouri Kennel Club's 2013 All Breed Dog Show on Friday at the Central Missouri Events Center. Joseph, who one day hopes to show dogs of his own, says that walking the dogs is his favorite part of the events.   |  Amy Stroth

C.W. Adams makes sure the arena is clean and prepared for the Columbia Missouri Kennel Club's 2013 All Breed Dog Show on Friday at the Central Missouri Events Center. Nearly 1,000 dogs will be judged in the 11 rings of the arena during the two-day competition.   |  Amy Stroth

Karen Chisam prepares her seven-month-old smooth-coated Brussels griffon, ZeeZee, for the Columbia Missouri Kennel Club's 2013 All Breed Dog Show on Friday at the Central Missouri Events Center. This weekend's show will be ZeeZee's first.   |  Amy Stroth

Several leashes hang on an empty grooming table during the setup of the Columbia Missouri Kennel Club's 2013 All Breed Dog Show on Friday at the Central Missouri Event Center. Nearly 1,000 dogs from more than 120 different breeds will compete in conformation, obedience and rally trials.   |  Amy Stroth

Levine, a six-month-old blue-roan English cocker spaniel, stands on the grooming table of his handler, Taylor Lane, as she prepares him for the Columbia Missouri Kennel Club's 2013 All Breed Dog Show on Friday at the Central Missouri Events Center. Lane has been showing dogs since she was six years old.   |  Amy Stroth