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American Kennel Club
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A handler in a tan suit runs alongside a Doberman Pinscher in the show ring at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, with judges and spectators in the background. Two employees stand in front of the painting Millie on the South Lawn by Christine Merrill, depicting a dog lying on grass with the White House in the background, at the American Kennel Club Museum of the Dog. A handler in a suit leads an Irish Water Spaniel dog past numbered markers in the show ring at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, with judges and other handlers in the background. Two Pomeranian dogs sit side by side on a bench; the left dog wears a colorful floral dress, and the right dog wears a light blue jacket, with a red rose backdrop behind them.

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