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	<title>Archie Days</title>
	<link>http://www.philosophising.com</link>
	<description>The adventures of Roleta Archibald</description>
	<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 06:04:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Craigie Aitchison&#8217;s Hot Hound</title>
		<link>http://www.philosophising.com/dogpress/index.php/2008/06/28/craigie-atchisons-hot-hound/</link>
		<comments>http://www.philosophising.com/dogpress/index.php/2008/06/28/craigie-atchisons-hot-hound/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 06:04:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Archie</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Dogs and Art</category>
		<guid>http://www.philosophising.com/dogpress/index.php/2008/06/28/craigie-atchisons-hot-hound/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	
	Craigie Aitchison is a Scottish painter. After studying Law Aitchison attended the Slade School of Fine Art in London (1952–4).  His work is characterized by the use of intense, pure colour to describe shape and form in extremely spare compositions. 
	 Is the animal in this painting a hound or a horse? 

Aitchison&#8217;s subject [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Harvey&#8217;s Jump to Freedom</title>
		<link>http://www.philosophising.com/dogpress/index.php/2008/06/19/harveys-jump-to-freedom/</link>
		<comments>http://www.philosophising.com/dogpress/index.php/2008/06/19/harveys-jump-to-freedom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 06:02:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Archie</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Newshound</category>
		<guid>http://www.philosophising.com/dogpress/index.php/2008/06/19/harveys-jump-to-freedom/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	The Daily Telegraph yesterday reported on the case of Harvey, a black and white Staffordshire Bull Terrier, who has a hankering for trampolining &#8212; and freedom! 
	Harvey got onto the trampoline in his backyard in York and bounced and bounded for freedom by vaulting himself off the trampoline and into a neighbour&#8217;s yard, and then, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dog Breeds: The Tibetan Mastiff</title>
		<link>http://www.philosophising.com/dogpress/index.php/2008/06/18/dog-breeds-the-tibetan-mastiff/</link>
		<comments>http://www.philosophising.com/dogpress/index.php/2008/06/18/dog-breeds-the-tibetan-mastiff/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 06:17:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Archie</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Dog Breeds</category>
		<guid>http://www.philosophising.com/dogpress/index.php/2008/06/18/dog-breeds-the-tibetan-mastiff/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	The Tibetan Mastiff is one of the oldest breeds in existence, and is considered by many to be the stock from which most modern large working breeds have developed.  There is little recorded about the genetic heritage of the Tibetan Mastiff, and much of their history is described only in legend.  How noble! [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Take Your Dog to Work Day &#8212; AwooF!</title>
		<link>http://www.philosophising.com/dogpress/index.php/2008/06/18/take-your-dog-to-work-day-awoof/</link>
		<comments>http://www.philosophising.com/dogpress/index.php/2008/06/18/take-your-dog-to-work-day-awoof/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 06:02:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Archie</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Newshound</category>
		<guid>http://www.philosophising.com/dogpress/index.php/2008/06/18/take-your-dog-to-work-day-awoof/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	June 20 is the 10th anniversary of Take Your Dog To Work Day, created by Pet Sitters International, an educational association for professional pet sitters. 
	One day each year they urge employers across the United States and other countries to allow employees to bring their dogs into the workplace to focus on what great companions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Attractive Portrait of a Dog</title>
		<link>http://www.philosophising.com/dogpress/index.php/2008/06/16/attractive-portrait-of-a-dog/</link>
		<comments>http://www.philosophising.com/dogpress/index.php/2008/06/16/attractive-portrait-of-a-dog/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 06:02:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Archie</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Dogs and Art</category>
		<guid>http://www.philosophising.com/dogpress/index.php/2008/06/16/attractive-portrait-of-a-dog/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	
	Adolphe Monticelli (1824-1886) probably executed this attractive and strikingly modern portrait of two women with a dog between 1870-90.   
	Notice how the dog is the focus of the painting: both women are looking down towards him.  Here the dog is the focus of the portrait.  
	In swift and confident brushstrokes two [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Horticultural Hound: The Dangers of Snail Bait</title>
		<link>http://www.philosophising.com/dogpress/index.php/2008/06/13/horticultural-hound-the-dangers-of-snail-bait/</link>
		<comments>http://www.philosophising.com/dogpress/index.php/2008/06/13/horticultural-hound-the-dangers-of-snail-bait/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 06:04:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Archie</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Horticultural Hound</category>
		<guid>http://www.philosophising.com/dogpress/index.php/2008/06/13/horticultural-hound-the-dangers-of-snail-bait/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	
	If your two-legged beloved is as keen on gardening as mine is, you&#8217;ll know that snails are the bane of the dedicated gardener.  Especially in wet areas such as England.  But much as they may be tempted to put down poison to control the shell-encased slugs of garden destruction, it&#8217;s best that they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>William Robert Spencer: Llewellyn and His Dog</title>
		<link>http://www.philosophising.com/dogpress/index.php/2008/06/11/william-robert-spencer-llewellyn-and-his-dog/</link>
		<comments>http://www.philosophising.com/dogpress/index.php/2008/06/11/william-robert-spencer-llewellyn-and-his-dog/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 06:12:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Archie</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Dog Myths and Folklore</category>
	<category>Literary Hound</category>
		<guid>http://www.philosophising.com/dogpress/index.php/2008/06/11/william-robert-spencer-llewellyn-and-his-dog/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	 This poem by William Robert Spencer tells the tragic tale of a Welshman&#8217;s noble hound.  The tale is much the same as the story of Saint Guinefort, a sainted French greyhound &#8211; previously reported on by yours truly in my &#8217;sainted dogs&#8217; phase.  
	Spencer&#8217;s poem was published as part of a children&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Molly&#8217;s Seaside Adventure: More Heroics from the Coastguard!</title>
		<link>http://www.philosophising.com/dogpress/index.php/2008/06/10/mollys-seaside-adventure-more-heroics-from-the-coastguard/</link>
		<comments>http://www.philosophising.com/dogpress/index.php/2008/06/10/mollys-seaside-adventure-more-heroics-from-the-coastguard/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:32:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Archie</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Newshound</category>
		<guid>http://www.philosophising.com/dogpress/index.php/2008/06/10/mollys-seaside-adventure-more-heroics-from-the-coastguard/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	Graeme Hetherington of the Northern Echo (UK) reported yesterday on the mis/adventures of Molly, an English bull terrier.  Molly and her two-legged companion were visiting Redcar beach when Molly got it in her bull terrier head to swim into the sea after a favourite ball.  
	Not one to give up on a ball [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jean-Léon Gérôme&#8217;s Hounds</title>
		<link>http://www.philosophising.com/dogpress/index.php/2008/06/04/jean-leon-geromes-hounds/</link>
		<comments>http://www.philosophising.com/dogpress/index.php/2008/06/04/jean-leon-geromes-hounds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 06:02:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Archie</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Dogs and Art</category>
		<guid>http://www.philosophising.com/dogpress/index.php/2008/06/04/jean-leon-geromes-hounds/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	
	Jean-Léon Gérôme&#8217;s The Negro Master of the Hounds is a truly handsome painting - of hounds and human alike.  
	Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824 – 1904) was a French painter and sculptor who resisted the counter-revolutionary movements of Impressionism, choosing instead to continue to develop and conserve the style of French neo-classicism.  He produced many [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy June Awoof!</title>
		<link>http://www.philosophising.com/dogpress/index.php/2008/06/03/happy-june-awoof/</link>
		<comments>http://www.philosophising.com/dogpress/index.php/2008/06/03/happy-june-awoof/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 11:14:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Archie</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Diary</category>
	<category>Dogs and Art</category>
		<guid>http://www.philosophising.com/dogpress/index.php/2008/06/03/happy-june-awoof/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	
	Happy June one and all!  May the sunny days be plentiful, and may the rainy days bring brightly coloured rainbows! 
	SuperWoof! 
	Archie

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		<title>It&#8217;s a Barking Old World&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.philosophising.com/dogpress/index.php/2008/05/30/its-a-barking-old-world/</link>
		<comments>http://www.philosophising.com/dogpress/index.php/2008/05/30/its-a-barking-old-world/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 15:29:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Archie</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Newshound</category>
		<guid>http://www.philosophising.com/dogpress/index.php/2008/05/30/its-a-barking-old-world/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	How&#8217;s this for puppy power?  A mayoral candidate in Romania has infuriated local dog lovers by rounding up stray pooches in Bacau and covering them in doggie posters saying &#8216;Vote for Radu Nicolau.&#8217;

Local residents have not been impressed.  The beleagured Mr. Nicolau is on record as saying &#8216;It&#8217;s the best way to get [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dog Signs: Be Careful&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.philosophising.com/dogpress/index.php/2008/05/30/dog-signs-be-careful/</link>
		<comments>http://www.philosophising.com/dogpress/index.php/2008/05/30/dog-signs-be-careful/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 06:01:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Archie</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Dog Signs</category>
		<guid>http://www.philosophising.com/dogpress/index.php/2008/05/30/dog-signs-be-careful/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	
	A good sign, from one trusty dog to another.
	Awoof!  Archie

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		<title>Cassy&#8217;s 190 km Charity Walk</title>
		<link>http://www.philosophising.com/dogpress/index.php/2008/05/29/cassys-190-km-charity-walk/</link>
		<comments>http://www.philosophising.com/dogpress/index.php/2008/05/29/cassys-190-km-charity-walk/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 17:40:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Archie</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Newshound</category>
		<guid>http://www.philosophising.com/dogpress/index.php/2008/05/29/cassys-190-km-charity-walk/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	 Mathew, 26 and Cassy, an American bulldog - together undertook a 190 mile cross-country charity walk that took them halfway across the country in order to raise money for the British Heart Foundation. 
	
	
The Doncaster Free Press reported that the intrepid pair walked from the west to east coast of England are were set [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SuperWoof to Coast Guards</title>
		<link>http://www.philosophising.com/dogpress/index.php/2008/05/27/superwoof-to-coastguards/</link>
		<comments>http://www.philosophising.com/dogpress/index.php/2008/05/27/superwoof-to-coastguards/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 15:30:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Archie</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Newshound</category>
		<guid>http://www.philosophising.com/dogpress/index.php/2008/05/27/superwoof-to-coastguards/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	Poor Arnold.  Out for a walk along the coast, he got caught on a slip of coastal land when the tide came in.  And wouldn&#8217;t you know it?  Like yours truly, Arnold, a St Bernard/Mastiff cross, has a deep, deep phobia of water.  
	Unwilling to dip his paws in water of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I don&#8217;t like rain</title>
		<link>http://www.philosophising.com/dogpress/index.php/2008/05/26/i-dont-like-rain/</link>
		<comments>http://www.philosophising.com/dogpress/index.php/2008/05/26/i-dont-like-rain/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 06:02:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Archie</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Uncategorized</category>
	<category>Diary</category>
		<guid>http://www.philosophising.com/dogpress/index.php/2008/05/26/i-dont-like-rain/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	As you are most likely aware, I don&#8217;t much like the rain, and am even willing to forgo a constitutional walk or two to avoid getting drenched in the rain.  Maybe it&#8217;s &#8217;cause my legs are so short.  Maybe it&#8217;s &#8217;cause my belly gets wet.  
	
	
Whatever the reason, it seems I&#8217;m not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cannes&#8217; Top Dog Announced</title>
		<link>http://www.philosophising.com/dogpress/index.php/2008/05/25/cannes-top-dog-announced/</link>
		<comments>http://www.philosophising.com/dogpress/index.php/2008/05/25/cannes-top-dog-announced/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 May 2008 21:31:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Archie</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Newshound</category>
		<guid>http://www.philosophising.com/dogpress/index.php/2008/05/25/cannes-top-dog-announced/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	SuperWoof to the Palm Dog – the Cannes Film Festival’s award for the best performance by a dog in a Cannes film!  
	This year the award was won by Lucy, the eponymous lead in Kelly Riechardt’s Wendy and Lucy.  Lucy – part hunting dog, part retriever – appears alongside Michelle Williams (the late [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health Hound: Beware of Xylitol</title>
		<link>http://www.philosophising.com/dogpress/index.php/2008/05/19/health-hound-beware-of-xylitol/</link>
		<comments>http://www.philosophising.com/dogpress/index.php/2008/05/19/health-hound-beware-of-xylitol/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 15:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Archie</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Health Hound</category>
		<guid>http://www.philosophising.com/dogpress/index.php/2008/05/19/health-hound-beware-of-xylitol/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	
	Xylitol is a sugar substitute used in candy and chewing gum.  It can also be found in other products such as chewable vitamins, throat lozenges and oral health products.  Obviously Xylitol &#8212; a sugar alcohol &#8212; is safe for two-leggeds, but it can be DEADLY for dogs.  Woooo! 
	When Xylitol is ingested [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hogarth&#8217;s Pugs</title>
		<link>http://www.philosophising.com/dogpress/index.php/2008/05/17/hogarths-hounds/</link>
		<comments>http://www.philosophising.com/dogpress/index.php/2008/05/17/hogarths-hounds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2008 06:02:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Archie</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Dogs and Art</category>
		<guid>http://www.philosophising.com/dogpress/index.php/2008/05/17/hogarths-hounds/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	
	William Hogarth is often hailed as  the quintessentially English artist of the eighteenth century.  
	Hogarth had the ability and the stamina to challenge the  status quo of art&#8217;s exclusive link to &#8217;society&#8217;.  He portrayed not only the toffs but their hangers-on, retainers and servants, tradesmen and workmen, pimps and whores, beggars [...]]]></description>
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