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a dog's life...

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is a dog's life so bad...                                                                    By any measure, a dog's life today doesn't compare to the bare bones like existence of most four-legged critter's life 70 years ago.  We are in an age of, What can I do as a human being to make my dog's life easier .       HUH ?  What's up with that ?   Back in the day, most canines in the neighborhood, and there were many, lived in a dog house in the back yard.  Few lived in the luxury of a warm residence alongside its owners. When temperatures plummeted, Fido was brought indoors for a rare overnight stay.     An exception to that dictum were the three boxers owned over an eight year period of time by the George Family.  Ace, Blade, and, Rusty, lived indoors with us a...
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  changing workforce...                    The last time the four George Brothers were seen together was at a wedding reception at Plum Creek Country Club in Indianapolis.  It was early May of this year.   Ken's daughter, Mollie, and her husband, Danny, tied the knot during a beach ceremony in Mexico last April and their reception was held a few weeks later in their hometown.   It was about an hour into the celebration when Ken drifted over to Carl, David, and me as the three of us were standing by the bar.  The bride's dad had been greeting guests but found a few minutes to chat with us.  The band had not yet begun to play.   This could have been the transcript of the conversation as we started the dialogue by complimenting our youngest brother on his part in planning the reception.     Thanks, boys.  I hope you are all having a good time at my expense ., he laughed.  As I was ...