A dog who died after competing at Crufts appears to have ingested poison in Belgium, the Kennel Club has said.
Irish setter Jagger died after the event in Birmingham earlier this month, having allegedly eaten beef laced with poison.
A post-mortem examination found two "fast-acting" poisons in the meat but Jagger showed no signs of illness until he was back in Belgium, the club said.
It said it was "inconceivable" the dog was poisoned at Crufts.
Jagger's Leicester-based co-owners have previously said he must have been poisoned "while on his bench" at the show at the National Exhibition Centre (NEC).
Three-year-old Jagger, whose pedigree name is Thendara Satisfaction, died on 7 March after returning to Belgium.
A spokesman for the Kennel Club said: "There has been a lot of concern about whether the poisoning happened at Crufts and we are now able to reassure all dog lovers who came to Crufts that this could not have been possible and it is highly likely that the poisons, thought to be on a piece of beef, were eaten in Belgium, shortly before Jagger's death."
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