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By Marina Lopes NEW YORK (Reuters) - Three new breeds, Chinooks, Portuguese Podengo Pequenos and Rat Terriers, will be vying to be top dog at the 138th Westminster Kennel Club in New York in February, organizers said on Thursday. The two-day show on February 10 and 11 at Madison Square Garden and Piers 92 and 94 will open with a separate agility competition in which mixed-breed dogs will be allowed to compete for the first time in more than 100 years. It's fun to see the new breeds, hearing what they were bred to do and trying to envision them doing that," said David Frei, a co-host of the show. The Chinook, a breed that was developed in New Hampshire in the 1920's, is highly trainable and used in sledding, scootering and carting, and the Rat Terrier, a small, playful American farm dog is known for hunting rodents and vermin.Read more...