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Article: Working class top dogs at this club; Breeds 'who do stuff' honored.(PAGE ONE)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- January 18, 2006
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Byline: Jennifer Harper, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
What dogs do we love most? That's a tale of many tails - including those belonging to the Labrador retriever and the treeing walker coonhound.
Yes, the treeing walker coonhound. Divining the nation's top dog has become a complicated matter, indeed.
The Labrador rules, according to none other than the American Kennel Club (AKC), which proclaimed the good-natured retriever to be the most popular dog in America for the 16th consecutive year, based on 2005 registration statistics.
Golden retrievers are next on the list, followed by Yorkshire terriers, German shepherds, beagles, dachshunds, ...