--- title: 2014 National Dog Show: Nathan the Bloodhound Wins description: A 4-year-old bloodhound named Nathan took home the title of Best in Show at the 2014 National Dog Show on Thursday canonical: https://time.com/3608962/national-dog-show-winner-thanksgiving/ author: Charlotte Alter article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-11-27T20:11:38.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:14:53.054Z og:title: This Bloodhound Just Won the National Dog Show og:description: This is Nathan's biggest win yet og:url: https://time.com/3608962/national-dog-show-winner-thanksgiving/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0dfa722166263a5e/69876b5f5f570fc1ffb13d70/national-dog-show.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Nathan, Bloodhound (Best in Show, Hound Group Winner) og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Bloodhound Just Won the National Dog Show twitter:description: This is Nathan's biggest win yet twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0dfa722166263a5e/69876b5f5f570fc1ffb13d70/national-dog-show.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Nathan the Bloodhound Wins the National Dog Show for His Best Thanksgiving Ever  by [Charlotte Alter](https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Senior Correspondent Nov 27, 2014 8:11 PM UTC  Nathan the bloodhound, winner of Best in Show at the 2014 National Dog Show Nathan the bloodhound, winner of Best in Show at the 2014 National Dog ShowSteve Donahue—SeeSporRun Photo  by [Charlotte Alter](https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Senior Correspondent Nov 27, 2014 8:11 PM UTC A 4-year-old bloodhound named Nathan took home the title of [Best in Show](http://www.peoplepets.com/people/pets/article/0,,20877310,00.html) at the 2014 National Dog Show on Thursday. First, Nathan bested his fellow comrades in the hound category, then he beat out Freda the French bulldog and Bogey the samoyed to take home the top prize, PEOPLE reports. This is the [biggest win](http://www.peoplepets.com/people/pets/article/0,,20877310,00.html) so far for Nathan, who has been competing in dog shows since he was six months old. But Nathan’s win wasn’t the only big news at this year’s show: another contestant — [a miniature pinscher](http://www.sbnation.com/lookit/2014/11/27/7300023/miniature-pinscher-) — escaped from its owner, dashing his chances at becoming a champion this time. \[[_PEOPLE_](http://www.peoplepets.com/people/pets/article/0,,20877310,00.html)\] _Vote Now:_ [_Who Should Be TIME’s Person of the Year?_](http://time.com/3562179/time-person-of-the-year-poll/) 2014 National Dog Show: Nathan the Bloodhound Wins ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3608962/national-dog-show-winner-thanksgiving/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3608962/national-dog-show-winner-thanksgiving/"},"headline":"Nathan the Bloodhound Wins the National Dog Show for His Best Thanksgiving Ever","datePublished":"2014-11-27T20:11:38.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:14:53.054Z","description":"This is his biggest win yet","url":"https://time.com/3608962/national-dog-show-winner-thanksgiving/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals","Dogs"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0dfa722166263a5e/69876b5f5f570fc1ffb13d70/national-dog-show.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Charlotte Alter","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0dfa722166263a5e/69876b5f5f570fc1ffb13d70/national-dog-show.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Nathan, Bloodhound (Best in Show, Hound Group Winner)","caption":"Nathan, Bloodhound (Best in Show, Hound Group Winner)","creditText":"Steve Donahue—SeeSporRun Photo","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3608962/national-dog-show-winner-thanksgiving/","name":"Nathan the Bloodhound Wins the National Dog Show for His Best Thanksgiving Ever"}}]}] ```