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...A playful chocolate Labrador puppy arrived as the first Moules family pet a few weeks ago and I am therefore now in awe of anyone who can train any canine to the standard of Best in Show....
...There is a reason why none of the judges on MasterChef is canine....
...The animal’s canine appearance is misleading as it is a marsupial....
...NON-FICTION JANUARY Sensational: A New Story of Our Senses by Ashley Ward (Profile) Wide-ranging look at the science of senses — from the mantis shrimp to the strange link between canine bowel movements...
...Robert Moses, New York’s master builder, designed the modern layout of the park to minimise areas where large numbers could congregate. But its tradition of protest persisted....
...“I’ll just quieten this dog down,” says Nauman, his own husky tones in synergy with his canine. Asked what kind of dog, he laughs and says: “Part chihuahua and part mini-doberman.”...
...With its Robert Adam-esque frills and spun-sugar swags, it reminds me of Kenwood House in London....
...But even if you have stayed canine-free for years, these dogs are, well, dogged. They sense weakness....
...Upstairs is the patch of wall that once bore a framed portrait of the Confederate general Robert E Lee....
...Bethan Davies and Robert Jesty were released after two days but their guard, Rachel Masika Baraka, became the eighth ranger killed this year....
...“There was no mention of a canine component to our summer holiday negotiations,” I said sullenly....
...The dragon himself is cuddly, decidedly canine and beautifully rendered....
...For while some people hate animals — particularly those that yap, bite or smell — many have a beloved dog (or, in the case of Blythe Masters, below, a clutch of canines) who brings joy to their lives....
...After a day with the robot, the Financial Times’ Robert Shrimsley was more circumspect. “Pepper does not so much converse as fire out questions that then lead it in specific directions....
...She married three times — to Robert Muir, a real estate developer; George Barrie, the former chief executive of Fabergé; and Robert Mosbacher, a New York-born Texas oil man who served as secretary of commerce...
...In Robert Greene’s hybrid documentary Kate Plays Christine, Kate Lyn Sheil stars as herself as she prepares to play Chubbuck in a never-to-be-seen biopic....
...At the nearby Ibiza Gran Hotel, tourists are confronted by Murakami’s 6m-tall “Oval Buddha” (2007), comprising a distended head inset with canine teeth....
...The package was affixed with business logos and neatly-typed address labels, it was also vacuumed sealed to evade canine sniffers. It contained ecstasy pills....
...“Policy of Truth”, from the classic Violator album, was sleek, Robert Palmer-like funk....
...Robert Borghese, a law professor at Wharton who was an early adviser to Petplan North America and continues to offer advice, describes the founders as “focused” and “very passionate”....
...The well-respected Mr Gould could become a contender to succeed BG chairman Sir Robert Wilson, who is set to retire....
...Like any canine romance this is a tale of faecal attraction, unashamedly scatological....
...But in the 1940s, urban planner Robert Moses’ “re-zoning” contracted the “tawdry” amusement area and, by 1964, the three parks had closed....
...Comical interludes offer brief respite, especially the dog that gets a high from licking toads’ tummies, apparently the equivalent of an LSD trip for canines....
...Dogs are a favourite subject; eight books are devoted to canine models in diverting poses....
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