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Dogs on God
Prints here. Many of the best New Yorker Cartoons are about dogs.
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Feline-Americans hate the troops
There’s a wonderful story in the Times about service dogs for injured veterans (adorable slideshow!). Can you possibly imagine cats doing that? No, I didn’t think so. UPDATE: How to tell if your cat is trying to kill you.
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AskMe: my boyfriend sez dogs should not be pets
There’s a pretty interesting, tough question on Ask Metafilter about how a dog owner should negotiate a relationship with a man who not only doesn’t especially like dogs, but thinks the entire phenomenon of dogs-as-pets is absurd and decadent. I’m … Continue reading
UXO, BOMB DOG
Read it. Possibly I’m extra susceptible to fiction about bomb dogs because I just lost a dog, but I thought this was pretty wonderful. We stood on a hill overlooking the meadow. A bunch of other kids ambled behind us, … Continue reading
Introducing the catmill
From the dogfighting case Hargrove v. State (Georgia 1984), a description of some equipment found at a dogfighting arena: Also seized were two treadmills used for endurance and strength training and a device called a “catmill,” also for increasing stamina … Continue reading
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Pit bulls
In the face of municipal and private pit bull bans, some animal folks argue that pit bulls have a bad rap, and are not intrinsically more vicious than any other breed. This seems to be true, but it misses the … Continue reading
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Grand theory #145: reigning cats and dogs
All conflicts in the law can be explained as expressions of the larger social conflict between dog people and cat people.
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