One of the more unusual ones is that a ghost of a Newfoundland dog is said to appear at the grave of his master, John McNeill Boyd.
The Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 means it is an offence to be the owner of a dog that is dangerously out of control in a public place but it does not apply to attacks that take place on private land.
You got the sense that he was a calm and centered person in his movements, and all of that stuff is very important to a dog, a troubled dog, a dog that's already nervous and worried about the world and paranoid and overreacting to stimuli.
At present, she is a Portuguese Podengo, a dog that to the best of my knowledge was previously unknown in Tennessee.
So all in all it is hardly a surprise that the dog didn't bark.
Rep. MATHESON: Well, there are various stories about that, and it was a little before my time, but the story that I usually tell is that, you know, we had a term for a long time in politics called the Yellow Dog Democrat, which is that people would say I'll vote for a Democrat even if it's a yellow dog.
"It just beggars belief that somebody would let a dog like this run loose in a forest that is regularly used by families, " she said.
The message often being repeated these days is that the only socially acceptable way to acquire a dog is through a rescue or shelter.
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It is a task that an average dog can master.
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By contrast, Justice Alito and the three other dissenting justices disagreed that Kyllo was applicable in Jardines, noting that a dog is neither a new form of technology nor a device.
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The statue of John Douangdara (dwung-DEHR'-ah) and his dog, Bart, is part of a five-acre dog park that's named for Douangdara.
Yet the crucial characteristic of a dog whistle is that humans can't hear it.
He acknowledges that Facebook is top dog in social, but is more than a little blunt in claiming that the online rival is doing a "really bad job" with its products (don't hold back now, Larry).
The result is a dog-eared record that any hard-rock fan with curious ears might love.
Mary Cortani Mary Cortani is a former Army dog trainer who started Operation Freedom Paws, a nonprofit that helps war veterans train their own service dogs.
Humane societies point out that it is often the actions of owners, rather than the particular breed, that make a dog dangerous.
In Chinese mythology, it is not a demon but a heavenly dog that bites into the sun.
The Big New Yorker Book of Dogs is a terrific book, and one that dog lovers and non dog-lovers will love.
Though the final results have not yet been published, preliminary conclusions indicate that the robotic dog is treated much like a family pet, eliciting behaviors commonly associated with companionship, including sharing thoughts and feelings.
The difference is that it's designed for canines ("wan" is a Japanese onomatopoeia for the sound a dog makes).
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Knowing that you are working for a dog is not particularly motivating, whereas working for an acknowledged star usually is.
Of course, the other point behind all this gadgetry is that it makes Aibo more and more like a real dog.
"The Supreme Court correctly held that a police dog's reliability is determined through a common-sense evaluation of the relevant circumstances, rather than through a rigid set of judge-created requirements, " Bondi said.
By contrast, J-Dog is a brand-new business that just got licensed to sell franchises in May.
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In a fighting dog, the quality that is prized above all others is the willingness to persevere, even in the face of injury and pain.
The point is that Allen practically uses Soon-Yi as a seeing eye dog to guide him through the treacherous maze of real people who don't live within the carefully circumscribed confines of Woody World.
Kendall Crolius, co-author of the "Knitting With Dog Hair" book, supports the effort to take the stuff mainstream, though she is quick to say that she can't picture "a huge industrial dog-spinning factory" popping up any time soon.
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One of the things that's different is that back in the old days if you wanted a beer or hot dog you had to hail a vendor, or a member of your party had to go to the refreshment stand and retrieve the food and drink.
And the cover is hysterical - Don Knotts looking of a space helmet sort of with that droopy dog face.
But nobody took the time to put a tag on this dog, and my point is, that tells you something.
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