At our National Specialty we also present acknowledgements to those dogs who are of breed merit and deserve special recognition.

In the past, we offered the Award of Merit to dogs in our Champion and Grand Champion classes. Depending on the class size, 2 or more of these honor awards were presented.

As of June 2008, UKC approved ARTA offering an official club recognition award in the Champion and Grand Champion classes. This ARTA club award is called the National Honorable Mention Award.

ARTA Specialty

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**ARTA's 2009 National Specialty was held in Kalamazoo, MI. in conjunction with UKC's Top Ten and Premier events.**

Our National Specialty was Thursday, June 11, 2009 and our judge was Matthew Proctor.

ARTA NATIONAL SPECIALTY WINNERS: 2009

BMV BLUEGK'S ROPIN THE WIND owned by ELECTRA BLAIR

RBMV `PR' STARS THE BIG TOP owned by BARBARA TRAMMELL/FELICITY TRAMMELL

BFV BURWAY LIFE'S LESSONS @ LACE owned by KELLYE & RACHEL TOWNSEND

BM BLUEGK'S ROPIN THE WIND owned by ELECTRA BLAIR

RBM 3BF CRACK JENNY'S TEA CUP owned by ELECTRA BLAIR

BF BURWAY LIFE'S LESSONS @ LACE owned by KELLYE & RACHEL TOWNSEND

RBF 3BF CRACK JENNY'S TEA CUP owned by ELECTRA BLAIR

BOW BLUEGK'S ROPIN THE WIND owned by ELECTRA BLAIR

CH BLUGK'S FEEL THE NOYZ owned by CHRISTINA FELDVARI

RCH PECATONICA'S DORAH owned by CINDY SCHRIBER

GRCH `PR'STONYBAY' S UR MARTINI'S SERV'D owned by STACY MCWILLIAMS & TAMMY JORDAN

NBOB BLUEGK'S ROPIN THE WIND owned by ELECTRA BLAIR

ARTA SPECIALTY HONORABLE MENTION

GRCH King Pen RB Buzzabout Ratitatt owned by Valerie Luchsinger

GRCH Burway Cock It And Pull It owned by Felicity Trammell or Barbara Trammell

RiverRidge's SoSo Fabulous owned by Barbara Trammell or Stacy McWilliams

2008 TOP TEN BEST OF BREED

GRCH Burway American DollL @ B'Ridge owned by Kari Jepson or Barbara Trammell

2008 TOP TEN AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

Raganrat Absolut Lee Blu owned by Valerie Luchsinger