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Would Your Dog Be a Good Driver?

By Edie Jarolim | Published: June 10, 2009
The suggestion in my last post that Irish Setters are notoriously bad drivers — really, a gratuitous, baseless slur –  led me to thinking: Which breeds or particular dogs would excel or fail,  and why? Frankie isn’t fond of cars, for example, but that could be because he would prefer to be in the driver’s [...]
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Car Travel with Dogs, Part 1: Don’t Be Mitt Romney

By Edie Jarolim | Published: June 9, 2009
As I prepare to head off to San Diego with Frankie, car travel has been on my mind. Shameless self-promotion alert: These tips, to run in a series this week, are adapted from Chapter 8 of AM I BORING MY DOG? And 99 other things every dog wishes you knew, forthcoming from Alpha/Penguin in September. [...]
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