One of the owners of a prize-winning dog says there is "no doubt" the Irish setter was poisoned at Crufts.
Thendara Satisfaction, known as Jagger, died after leaving the Birmingham show. His owners say he ate poisoned beef.
Dee Milligan-Bott, co-owner, said: "There's no doubt that the dog was maliciously poisoned."
Fellow owner Aleksandra Lauwers said they had lost "our love, family member and best friend to our son".
'Random act'Ms Milligan-Bott added: "I don't believe in my heart of hearts that this was another competitor or anyone involved in the dog world.
"I can only imagine that it was a random act that somebody premeditated and wanted to cause total distress at the best dog show in the world.
"It's not unknown for people to do things like this."
She said Jagger was, "the apple of everyone's eyes".
"He was a typical Irish Setter, totally trustworthy and so loved. We are devastated," she said.
"The Crufts committee and all championship show dog committees will have to look at security."
Jagger died after returning to Belgium with Ms Lauwers.
Ms Milligan-Bott claimed the dog must have been given the meat "while on his bench at Crufts", calling it "a heinous crime."
Ms Milligan-Bott, a Leicester-based breeder, posted on her Facebook page that beef cubes containing three different types of poison had been discovered after a post-mortem examination and had resulted in a painful death for the animal.
Jagger came second in his class at the show at Birmingham's NEC on Thursday.
Ms Lauwers wrote on her Facebook page: "To person who has done it, hope you can sleep well knowing you have killed our love, family member and best friend to our son."
Her husband Willem said she was due to give a statement to police later.
The Kennel Club said it was awaiting a toxicology report from Belgian police.
Caroline Kisko, Kennel Club secretary, said: "The Kennel Club is deeply shocked and saddened to hear that Jagger the Irish setter died some 26 hours after leaving Crufts.
"We have spoken to his owners and our heartfelt sympathies go out to them.
"We understand that the toxicology report is due and until that time, we cannot know the cause of this tragic incident. "
TV presenter Clare Balding, who had been hosting Channel 4's coverage of the event, tweeted: "Everyone at #Crufts2015 horrified at death of Irish Setter Jagger & post-mortem found poison. Awful for all concerned."
Vet Steve Leonard said such incidents were "thankfully rare".
"Obviously they have found a foreign substance in the dog's stomach," he said.
Human forensic techniques would probably be used to establish what the substance was, he said, as such testing went beyond what vets would normally deal with.
"Your heart goes out to the poor owner and what they must be going through," he said.
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