Dog topic

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mongrel,
pup,
cur,
hound,
puppy,
canine,
pooch,
doggie

The dog (Canis lupus familiaris) is a domesticated subspecies of the gray wolf, a mammal of the Canidae family of the order Carnivora. The term encompasses both feral and pet varieties and is also sometimes used to describe wild canids of other subspecies or species. The domestic dog has been one of the most widely kept working and companion animals in human history, as well as being a food source in some cultures. There are estimated to be 400 million dogs in the world. The dog has developed... full article at wikipedia

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Canis lupus familiaris

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Gray Wolf

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726821

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9615

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Dogs Playing Poker

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fictional character	appears in these fictional universes
Gaspode	Discworld
Dogbert
Satchel Pooch
Laddie	Discworld
Rex the Wonder Dog
Mr. Fusspot	Discworld
Lassie
Scooby-Doo	Scooby-Doo
Ma Beagle
Spot the Dog
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A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down.	Robert Benchley
If a dog doesn't put you first where are you both? In what relation? A dog needs God. It lives by your glances, your wishes. It even shares your humor. This happens about the fifth year. If it doesn't happen you are only keeping an animal.	Enid Bagnold
The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.
Dog. A kind of additional or subsidiary Deity designed to catch the overflow and surplus of the world's worship.	Ambrose Bierce
The nose of the bulldog has been slanted backwards so that he can breathe without letting go.	Winston Churchill
How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg.	Abraham Lincoln
In order to really enjoy a dog, one doesn't merely try to train him to be semi-human. The point of it is to open oneself to the possibility of becoming partly a dog.	Edward Hoagland
If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater suggest that he wear a tail.	Fran Lebowitz
You may drive a dog off the King's armchair, and it will climb into the preacher's pulpit; he views the world unmoved, unembarrassed, unabashed.	Jean de La Bruyère
A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of.	Ogden Nash
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15,000

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