This Pacific island needed a stronger bark-abeyance law, authorities here say, because it has a particular pooch-population problem.

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Come to think of it, unless your pooch or your daughter is also named Lucy you could care less how many dogs have the name.

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To help dog owners get comfortable with the arrangement, Mr. Foronda creates a blog for each pooch on its inaugural visit, and updates it with photos of their adventures.

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The owner dials their pooch's number and after one ring, it automatically connects to the phone on the dog's collar, allowing the dog to hear its master's voice, transmitted out of a speaker built into the collar-piece.

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The Lascaux Cave was found, as most caves are, by kids and a dog, and as a rule the pooch named Robot, in this case does not make it back out.

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