Article: IT'S A DOG'S LIFE RARE BREEDS BECOME POPULAR PUPPIES OF YUPPIES

PHOTO Marlowe, an Anatolian shepherd, can be seen on "Simon & Simon."

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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 ...

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