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If your dog hides during fireworks, barks when it storms or cries when you leave, you may have an anxious pup on your hands. I have one of my own, and we're working with a trainer to help him with his ...

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Over the past year it seems every other person got a new dog. Some newspapers called adoptions a “craze,” while others reported on shortages of available pooches. Many people were quoted saying that ...