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Recent Examples of puppy dogIf all else fails, Hope says, Jack needs to put on his sad puppy dog face.—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 19 Dec. 2024 Ivan acts like the world’s horniest puppy dog, but Ani takes a shine to him.—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2024 Liberatore’s puppy dog attention as loyalite Dean compels, yearning to hold Jade’s kiss and not just her camera.—David John Chávez, The Mercury News, 15 Mar. 2025 Lochlan is mostly just a puppy dog, not really joining in but not really bothered by his family’s excesses, either.—Erik Kain, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for puppy dog
Dogs often developed sores on their feet from living on the wire mesh floors of their cages, and often puppies could be seen with their legs and paws falling through the holes, documents showed.
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Laura Schulte,
jsonline.com,
8 July 2025
In the midst of a Texas storm last week, a tiny trembling puppy was found clinging onto life, left in an onion sack, shivering and covered in ticks.
Possessing second-generation wolf dogs, defined in California as the offspring of a domestic dog and a half-wolf, half-dog hybrid — with no more than 25% wolf — is legal.
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Darrell Smith,
Sacramento Bee,
27 Jan. 2025
Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary in New Mexico named the six wolf dogs after characters created by fantasy author Sarah J. Maas
Six wolfdogs are spending their holiday season enjoying a winter wonderland after being kept as pets.
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