Dogs in Literature:

From dogs on the battlefield to dogs in the White House, “The Pawprints of History” by Stanley Coren tells the tales of canine companions who have been on the front lines of history. Coren, a doctor who specializes in dog-human interactions, examines the dynamics between humans and dogs with examples taken from all over the…

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Dogs in Film

“The Jerk”  (1979) The first of four films on which comedy geniuses Steve Martin and Carl Reiner would collaborate, Martin plays the bumbling and loveable Navin Johnson in what may be the funniest movie ever made.  Right there beside Navin through all his rags-to-riches-then-back-to-rags adventures is the little dog he names Shithead, as clever and funny a…

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