Article: Hound holiday; Swimming. Socializing. Freshly baked biscuits. Clients at the tony Top Dog hotel are living the good life.(VARIETY)

Byline: Jon Tevlin; Staff Writer

Grip is retired, and it shows.

On a hot summer day he sprawls beneath a giant umbrella, his tongue lolling slightly out of his mouth, his legs splayed, his slight snore carrying on the breeze.

He ignores his pals splashing in the heated in-ground pool nearby and the abruptly interrupted attempt at romantic entanglement over in the corner. Not even the piped-in music of the pop group Train singing "Drops of Jupiter" can rouse him.

Yes, these are literally the dog days for Grip, a retired racing greyhound who is passing time at the area's most lavish country club.

For dogs.

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