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Vito , a two-and-a-half-year-old pug, rose above 2,000 other canines in Philadelphia on Thursday, where he was declared best in show at the 92nd annual National Dog Show .
“Compact, features, movement — everything a pug should be,” judge George Milutinovich said of the pug. “Wow. Just wow. Lots of dog in a small package.”Carolyn Koch, Vito’s co-owner, told NBC she was “so proud” of the dog. A pug hasn’t won the best in show title since the National Dog Show began its latest era in 2002.
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