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Blue-Collar Dogs on Nat Geo WILD

4 The Love Of Animals

The medical field has expanded use of dogs from assisting the hard of hearing and the physically challenged to predicting blood sugar crashes, detecting oncoming seizures and sniffing out disease. In the video: “Guide Dog Puppies” – Meet some of the cutest guide dogs you’ll ever meet! Blue-Collar Dogs: Border Hounds.

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On Alienating the Neighbors

Animal Person

As for neighbors, a couple of years ago I wrote about how my next-door neighbor's daughter, who is in medical school, visited her parents and brought a puppy (Izzy) from a pet store with her. Needless to say, her parents keep Izzy in a tiny cage on their back porch day and night, as Izzy barks. But I didn't get very far.