Top Notch Toys - December 2021

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AJ ARAPOVIC CEO & Publisher aj@aramediagroup.com Office 512-686-3466 ext. 102 Cell 512-541-8128 HANIFA ARAPOVIC Vice President hanifa@aramediagroup.com 512-686-3466 ext. 104 Cell 512-541-8687 MICHAEL R. VERAS Chief Operating Officer michael@aramediagroup.com 512-686-3466 ext. 101 ALEXANDRA GEBHARDT Chief Marketing Officer, Head Of Digital Brands alex@aramediagroup.com 1-908-288-7733 SAMANTHA ADKINS Production Co-Ordinator Advertiser Relations samantha@aramediagroup.com 512-686-3466 ext. 103 DANIEL CARTIER Director, Social Media & Web Site daniel@aramediagroup.com ADVERTISING DIRECTOR/EDITOR BONNIE GUGGENHEIM Advertising Director/Editor bonnie@aramediagroup.com 512-971-3280 SOCIAL MEDIA ELMA BEGIC Manager, Social Media & Creative Content elma@aramediagroup.com 1-512-686-3466

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History of the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Robert A. Schroll

Bonnie Guggenheim

Papillons Are More Than Parts and Pieces Charlotte Clem McGowan

Submitted by Jo Ann White & Debarah Billings

22 Top Notch Advertising Scott Toney 26 Navigating Westminster and the Piers: Toy Dog Shows Sharon Masnick

Just Judy’s Thoughts: Toy Dogs As Prey Judy Thompson, OHA

Dog VS. Bitch Pam Guevara

28 Murphy’s Laws As Pertaining to Dog Shows

Candids: AKC National Championship 2021 Taylor Blaire Causey

32 Japanese Chin: Some Thoughts from the USA Dale & Jane Martenson

Candids: New York 2004 Christina Freitag

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36 The Toy Store Shelley Hennessy 42 Dog Shows:

Candids: Blast From the Past Pam Guevara

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A Numbers Game? Pamela Peat

Index to Advertisers

44 Cavalier Movement Jeanie Montford 14 • T op N otch T oys , D ecember 2021

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