Things are even more casual up the long driveway of Toulouse Vineyards, where and you are likely to be greeted by Tess, the family dog of owners Vern and Maxine Boltz, or by Vern himself, an affable former firefighter from Oakland.
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When Manning went to retrieve Ladybug's ashes from the veterinarian's office, she asked the staff whether they knew of a way to sponsor the dog of a family less fortunate.
But Alton Kelley of the Family Dog was a trained artist, and soon the Dog's weekly dances were announced with posters that became increasingly sophisticated.
The famous casts show victims of the volcano in Pompeii, including a family of four huddled together in their final moments, and a dog "fixed forever at the moment of its death as the volcano submerged the cities".
Investigators believe the three died, along with the family's dog, of carbon monoxide poisoning from a cooker.
Mrs Romney became her husband's most vocal (indeed, his only) defender when America learned that he had once packed the family dog on the roof of his car for a 12-hour journey.
It seems that the rule was not explained to the dog, and the poor animal reminded the family of its presence by defecating, telltale evidence of which was sighted on the rear window by one of the kids.
Breeders and would-be breeders pored over stud books while members of the public turned up to investigate what sort of dog would best fit into their family.
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It taps directly into their inherent fascination with the natural world, if only because of the standard array of farm animals: horses, donkeys, sheep, geese and that perennial favourite, the family dog, which keep little hearts thrilled.
After returning from a walk with the family dog on Saturday, she was found some two hours later hanging from a strip of cloth in her bedroom.
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It resembles the Portuguese water dog breed popularized by the Obama family pet, Bo, and looks like any number of designer "doodle" dogs a mix of a poodle and something else.
The death of a 79-year-old man in a dog attack in Liverpool has left his family "heartbroken", his brother has said in a family tribute.
The family of a woman who died of heart failure after falling into the River Cherwell as she tried to rescue her dog have paid tribute to her.
They and the family dog, Nati, are with their grandparents until child welfare officials can again review the case in light of the abduction.
What really set the South Korean authorities worrying that the credit boom was getting out of hand were media reports last year that a bank had given a family's pet dog its own credit card.
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