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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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Japanese dog dressing, part 1

By Edie Jarolim | Published: May 12, 2009
I have no hard data, but anecdotal evidence and online research suggest that Japan is the world’s Number 1 dog dressing nation. The size and breed range of dogs involved, the array and elaborateness of their outfits, the variety of events providing canine fashion occasions, the widespread enthusiasm for the practice… Japan rules the roost [...]
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