Six New Dogs to Show

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Or, rather, six new breeds that can compete in Wesminster's Kennel Club Dog Show.

Six dogs will make history this year as the newest breeds eligible to compete at Westminster. If they have visions of winning, though, history is against them.

The names of some of these rookie breeds competing in this year's Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show on Feb. 13-14 at Madison Square Garden are a mouthful: the Entlebucher (ent-lee-BOO'-kehr) mountain dog, the Norwegian Lundehund (LUHN'-dee-hund), the American English coonhound, the Finnish Lapphund (LAP'-hundh), the Cesky (CHESS'-key) terrier and the Xoloitzcuintli (show-low-itz-QUINT'-lee), previously known as the Mexican Hairless.

Left to right, here's the Entlebucher, Norwegian Lundehund, American English coonhound, Finnish Lapphund and Cesky Terrier and Xoloitzcuintli:

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