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Article: Top dog may prompt a lot of bull terriers.(Suburban Living)
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- Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
- Article date:
- February 23, 2006
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Byline: Robert McCoppin Daily Herald Staff Writer
Thanks to Rufus, you may be seeing more bull terriers in the near future.
Rufus, a colored bull terrier, won the Westminster Kennel Club dog show in New York last week, thanks in part to his distinctively egg-shaped head. The winning breed typically gets a boost in popularity.
But before you race out to buy one, there are a few things you should know.
First, Rufus, like other celebrity bull terriers - including former Budweiser spokesdog Spuds MacKenzie and the Target dog - is not a pit bull.
Yet, bull terriers sometimes get lumped in with pit bulls, a breed blamed for ...