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DUANE C. DOLL 1/17/39 – 7/19/16 Co-Founder, Publisher and CEO Since 1983
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10 FROM THE EDITOR by JOE MCGINNIS 14 TOY TALK by BONNIE GUGGENHEIM 20 WESTMINSTER ‘17: THE TOY GROUP by JOE MCGINNIS
Director of Web Development National Distribution Manager DANIEL J. CARTIER 615.618.4797 • daniel@dmcg.com Production Manager DIANE GREENE-WALSH
26 AKC’S MEET THE BREEDS ® AT WESTMINSTER by JOE MCGINNIS 34 2017 WESTMINSTER KENNEL CLUB CANDIDS photos by KRISTA DROOP 38 2017 PROGRESSIVE DOG SHOW CANDIDS photos by KRISTA DROOP 59 FIRST TIME’S THE CHARM—A TRIP TO WESTMINSTER by SCOTT TONEY 64 RUSSIAN TOY MEET THE BREEDS ® CANDIDS photos by MARTHA GUIMOND 65 LIFE WITH JAPANESE CHIN by SUE ANN PIETROS 66 THE ESSENCE OF THE JAPANESE CHIN STANDARD by SUE ANN PIETROS 67 JAPANESE CHIN BREEDER’S FORUM with DALE MARTENSEN 68 ALL HYPE BUT WHERE’S THE TYPE? by LEE GORGAN 70 MALTESE BREEDER’S FORUM with BARBARA BERGQUIST AND MARY ANN PAUL 72 MALTESE WESTMINSTER TOY GROUP WINNERS: TIED TOGETHER IN A TAPESTRY by VICKI ABBOTT 74 SHIH TZU BREEDER’S FORUM with MARGE BROWN AND SUSAN KILGORE 76 THE SHIH TZU TOPKNOT by RICHARD PAQUETTE 78 WHATEVER YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT SHIH TZU, GO TO WWW.SHIHTZU.ORG by JO ANN WHITE 79 TNT TOYBOX 80 TNT TOP TWENTY 80 TNT ALL BREED SYSTEM 82 TNT BREED SYSTEM 84 TNT OWNER-HANDLER SYSTEM 86 ADVERTISING & SUBSCRIPTION RATES 87 TNT TOYBOX 88 THE AMERICAN KENNEL CLUB POSTHUMOUSLY HONORS LAST SURVIVING 9/11 DOG courtesy of the AKC 90 INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
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