TNT TOPNOTCHTOYS JUNE 2018 • VOLUME XXXIV, NUMBER FOUR
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TABLE OF CONTENTS 6 COVER STORY 12 THIS MONTH IN TOP NOTCH TOYS 14 FROM THE EXECUTIVE EDITOR EMERITUS Joseph Neil McGinnis III 24 TOY TALK Bonnie Guggenheim 26 TOY BOX Candids of our Group Five Darlings 38 HONOR by Jackie Fogel 42 AMERICAN SHIH TZU CLUB NATIONAL SPECIALTY Candid Photos by Kristie Miller
46 A FRESH PERSPECTIVE ON CONFORMATION by Carrie Fletcher 52 SELECTING A JAPANESE CHIN PUPPY by Dale Martenson 54 PROBIOTICS by BJ Andrews 56 THE TOY FOX TERRIER by Sheryl Irwin
TOP NOTCH TOYS Editor/Advertising Director BONNIE GUGGENHEIM 512-971-3280 bonnie@aramediagrp.com Director, Social Media & Web Site DANIEL CARTIER
58 TNT TOP TWENTY TOYS 58 TNT ALL-BREED SYSTEM 60 TNT BREED SYSTEM 62 NATIONAL OWNER HANDLED SYSTEM TOP TOYS 64 TNT COMING ATTRACTIONS 65 ADVERTISING & SUBSCRIPTION RATES 66 INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
DANIEL@ARAMEDIAGRP.COM _______________________________ EXECUTIVE EDITOR EMERITUS since Volume 1, Number 1 Chief Media Consultant JOSEPH NEIL McGINNIS III EDITOR@ARAMEDIAGRP.COM _______________________________
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