For a Temporary Best-Friend Fix, Rent a Dog (Kibble Included) for a Day

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4-1-2008 6:45 AM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/246fa961-e0e7-4f5d-8287-33637e6d5a02/05695075-8B36-4D48-8948-4EBFCB9941EB/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/30/nyregion/30dogs.html?em&ex=1207195200&en=3c96b8eddd129d2f&ei=5087%0A" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/30/nyregion/30dogs.html?em&ex=1207195200&en=3c96b8eddd129d2f&ei=5087%0A" style="font-size: 11px;">www.nytimes.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/30/nyregion/30dogs.html?em&ex=1207195200&en=3c96b8eddd129d2f&ei=5087%0A"><NYT_HEADLINE _moz-userdefined="" type=" " version="1.0">
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