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Ask a dog, and it would probably say "thanks, but I prefer being naked." If it could.

July 31, 2009 at 6:32PM

Poor dogs. If only nature already equipped them with something soft that could keep them warm. I don't know what you'd call it, but it would be less humiliating than this.

I'll admit it: once I put my dog in a faux-leather jacket for Halloween, and I don't think such a baleful look has been given since someone showed up at the bar where Hemingway hung out and passed around pictures of him as a kid, dressed up in girls' clothing.

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