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The White House Dog: The World According to Bo

Bo is a Portuguese water dog. He resides at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D. C. (AKA the White House) with a group of four well-known humans who follow him around as he sniffs out his new home anointing it here and there. Given the enormous amount of press Bo has received you'd think he's an extraordinary being. He is, but not any more exceptional than other dogs and he surely shouldn't be treated better than his canine cousins who live elsewhere.  Read More

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Marc Bekoff, Ph.D., is Professor Emeritus of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Colorado, Boulder.

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