But those pets are usually dogs.

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My buddy Mikey and I would always break for supper, usually chili dogs, and drop a few quarters playing Spy Hunter in the Dream Machine.

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Instructors say owners can usually avoid them by taking their dogs for a walk before class.

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Convenience is part of this: There's little preparation, it doesn't take long to cook, you can feed a lot of kids in a hurry with a few packages of hot dogs, and the kids usually don't mind if you burn or drop a few.

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The U.S. receptions marking Independence Day usually feature symbols of Americana, such as hot dogs, red-white-and-blue decorations and remarks by U.S. officials about America's founding fathers.

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Rabies is usually transferred through saliva from the bite of an infected animal, with dogs being the most common transmitter of rabies to humans.

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Justin Cox, of the Torbay Coast and Countryside Trust, which manages the park, said dogs were thought to be responsible, as opposed to foxes, because foxes usually dragged the carcasses away for food.

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He's well known as a proponent of the "dogs of the Dow" strategy, which focuses on the highest-yielding (and usually unglamorous) stocks of the Dow Jones industrial average.

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More than 10% of the dogs purchased by the military fail to meet the program's physical or behavioral standards, usually because of problems (like fear of gunfire) that weren't evident during the lengthy testing by the dog-buying team.

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