"These dog amenities are just the next evolution, " said Robert Marino, president of NYCdog, a coalition of about 60 dog groups in the city.

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You can tell this was a dog whistle because different groups of people heard it totally differently.

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Some groups and dog owners are howling.

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Those were the years when the most successful and highly publicized musical acts were groups such as Three Dog Night and Creedence Clearwater and Alice Cooper.

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It could take five years to reach the miscellaneous category and then another few years to get into one of the club's seven groups most likely as a "sporting dog, " a variety that includes cocker spaniels and golden retrievers.

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Vick released a statement condemning the Dog Wars game this week, which has come under fire from animal rescue groups around the world like the ASPCA and PETA. PETA even released its own free iPhone App to combat Dog Wars.

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