At the end of the summer, when it gets cooler, they even close their swimming pool to humans for two weeks and let it go to the dogs.

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But he adds that the prize can also be seen as "an exhortation not to let this huge project of genius which is the European Union go to the dogs simply because of national selfishness and short-sightedness".

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We are now able to go fishing, boating and camping, attend concerts, visit kids and grandkids, go to movies, go shopping, walk the dogs.

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But what I see again and again is that people are proud of their pets, proud of the way that they run, proud of how they nose around with the other dogs, proud that they are brave enough to go into the water or smart enough to stay out of it.

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If you live in California, you can adopt an older dog from Muttville ( check out the adorable dogs waiting to go home here).

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Conditions on the Yukon River required dogs to go through deep snow and navigate glare ice.

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This might go some way to explaining the oft-repeated observation that dogs are permanently stuck in a kind of puppyhood.

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While I agree with the dogs behaviour at meal time, this does not go to their negotiating ability.

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The dogs "did alert on some things that caused us to go back" to the house, said the chief.

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Sir Tom Stoppard completes the Parade's End shortlist with his nomination for the BPG Writer's Award, while Masterchef: The Professionals and the Great British Bake Off go head-to-head in the Best Factual Entertainment category, alongside Paul O'Grady: For The Love of Dogs and Who Do You Think You Are?

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