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Article: TODAY'S HOT DOGS RARER THAN BMWS.(Living Today)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- February 17, 1988
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Byline: Jennifer Lowe Los Angeles Daily News
As you're walking your new dog Spot, a passer-by questions what kind of canine you have. You pause for effect, then let your tongue wag: "Why, a Xoloitzcuintli, of course." Awe fills the face of your listener. It's as if you just said your car was a Lamborghini, your watch a Piaget and that Spot's perfume cost $20 an ounce.
Sorry, Lassie; sorry, Mike. While you still have a place in our hearts, you just don't cut the mustard. There are some other dogs on a roll.
They are today's hot dogs.
"They're yuppie puppies," said Dr. Robert J. Russell, a Van Nuys biologist who brought the Coton de ...