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ZACH THE CAT PADS RIGHT UP TO ARBY'S BEEF.(Lifestyles/Spotlight)(Colorado Critters Page)

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From: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
Date: 19960420
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Byline: Mike Capuzzo

Scratching around the dog and cat letter box, Wild Things discovered a spate of troublesome barking poodles and urinating cats in Long Island, N.Y., reminding me of the classic Ring Lardner story Dogs. ``When people ask me do I like dogs, I say I'm crazy about them,'' Lardner wrote, ``and I think they are all right in their place but it ain't Long Island.'' We'll address these behavior troubles in a future column.

Meanwhile, in Murray, Utah, Zach the Cat understands 21 words, including bird, cat, dog, mouse, chicken, ham and turkey, say his owners ...

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