Pictures: Dogs with the most followers invited to Crufts

Image caption, Social media hounds head to Crrrrufts

Some of the most popular stars of the canine world are heading to this year's Crufts, the world's largest dog show.

The annual event gets underway today in Birmingham and this year the pooches with the biggest following on social media have been invited along to take part.

The show's organisers, who are celebrating their 125th dog show, say it will be a good chance for the animals to meet their fans. So, who are they?

Bruno

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Image caption, Bruno, aged 2, is a miniature dachshund with over 60,000 followers

Ramsey

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Image caption, Ramsey is a Staffordshire Bull Terrier - he's got 128,000 fans!

Noodle

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Image caption, Noodle is a miniature dachshund - just over a year old, he's got about 22,000 fans online

Winny

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Image caption, Winny is a Welsh Corgi, with 18,000 dog lovin' buddies

Mika

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Image caption, Siberian husky Mika has over 58,000 fans... woof!