"I would think unless its some radical case you wouldn't want to give them a doggy Prozac, who knows what that's going to do to them, " said a man playing with his dog in a park in New York.

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The results of this labor are songs like "Frank's Wild Years, " a hilarious and sinister tale of a man -- Frank -- trapped in suburbia with a wife and pet dog that has a skin disease.

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The man, who was seen running in and out of traffic with a St Bernard dog, is described as white, about 5ft 8in and weighing approximately 18 stone (114.3kg).

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For one man, forced to leave his pet when he evacuated, there's a sweet reunion with his dog, Miller.

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The spot shows an Eskimo man getting in hot water with his wife for trading in his dog sled for a Kizashi, which he enjoys cruising across the frozen landscape with his dogs inside.

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In a country where the game is followed with an almost religious passion, every man and his dog seem to have an opinion on the 16 finalists or have had a go at predicting the outcomes.

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Despite his myriad detractors, Zimmerman had his supporters as well, and they seemed to sympathize with the plight of a man so concerned about neighborhood break-ins that he bought a gun and dog and donned the mantle of neighborhood watchman.

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He is a man so disgusted with the lack of ethics he witnessed in private enterprise that he founded a nonprofit to hand out dog food.

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