"She can talk a dog off a meat wagon, " says Diana Frazier, a managing partner of Flag Venture Management.

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Men perk up about coming to Austin, the closest big city, because they can shop for everything from camouflage dog-vests to hunting stands to meat grinders.

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Cubes of cheese, scraps of luncheon meat, bread crusts, Peperami, dog biscuits and tutti-frutti balls all came down invitingly through the water.

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"Whenever he plays that song, he digs into the melody like a dog that just got a big, juicy piece of meat, and he's growling and shaking his head back and forth, " Parks says.

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