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		<title>By: Julia</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 03:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Homer is most handsome -- and I hope we will have a glimpse of JJ soon, too?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My Asher and Joseph (both mini dapples) perform sqeakectomies and fluffosuctions with regularity on their plush toys.  The last wild goose must have been a tough old bird, though...it lasted nearly 45 minutes before its demise.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Homer is most handsome &#8212; and I hope we will have a glimpse of JJ soon, too?</p>
<p>My Asher and Joseph (both mini dapples) perform sqeakectomies and fluffosuctions with regularity on their plush toys.  The last wild goose must have been a tough old bird, though&#8230;it lasted nearly 45 minutes before its demise.</p>
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		<title>By: Stephanie Hanson</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie Hanson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2009 15:13:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Clearly, Homer is channelling Rollo.  Vicious attack wolf.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Clearly, Homer is channelling Rollo.  Vicious attack wolf.</p>
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		<title>By: Vicki</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vicki]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 17:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What a cutie!!! Great entertainment while you work!! Pets are so much fun!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What a cutie!!! Great entertainment while you work!! Pets are so much fun!</p>
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		<title>By: sireesanwar</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[sireesanwar]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 22:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oh gosh, how sweet is that. You have to love the dogs that just enjoy playing and are too adorable while doing so.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh gosh, how sweet is that. You have to love the dogs that just enjoy playing and are too adorable while doing so.</p>
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		<title>By: Meremo5</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Meremo5]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Doxies are awesome!  I have a six year old named Copper.  He has a big sister Mabel who is a Pitt and they love to play and snuggle, but he is the BOSS!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Doxies are awesome!  I have a six year old named Copper.  He has a big sister Mabel who is a Pitt and they love to play and snuggle, but he is the BOSS!</p>
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		<title>By: nightsmusic</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[nightsmusic]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why is it that some do that and others don&#039;t? I&#039;ve yet to figure that one out. I have a four year old dobe who carries his stuffed bunny around like it&#039;s his baby and guards it from the two year old dobe with his life. The two year old on the other hand is also a squeaky killer and the stuffed toys don&#039;t last ten minutes.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;I don&#039;t care. Homer is just a little doll. He needs a BoBo though. Like the commercial? ;-)]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why is it that some do that and others don&#8217;t? I&#8217;ve yet to figure that one out. I have a four year old dobe who carries his stuffed bunny around like it&#8217;s his baby and guards it from the two year old dobe with his life. The two year old on the other hand is also a squeaky killer and the stuffed toys don&#8217;t last ten minutes.</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t care. Homer is just a little doll. He needs a BoBo though. Like the commercial? <img src="https://dianagabaldon.com/wordpress/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif" alt=";-)" class="wp-smiley" /> </p>
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		<title>By: Diana Gabaldon</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Diana Gabaldon]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 10:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Jody--&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;  Oh, he disembowels stuffed toys, believe me. [g]  Blue Octopus is a hollow rubber squeaker, though--excellent for killing by whacking it to and fro on the floor (as you can tell by the flying ears), but much less likely to be left in pieces all over the floor.  (He has a giant pink octopus that has just perished ignominiously under my office chair--that one being a stuffed plush thing.)]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dear Jody&#8211;</p>
<p>  Oh, he disembowels stuffed toys, believe me. [g]  Blue Octopus is a hollow rubber squeaker, though&#8211;excellent for killing by whacking it to and fro on the floor (as you can tell by the flying ears), but much less likely to be left in pieces all over the floor.  (He has a giant pink octopus that has just perished ignominiously under my office chair&#8211;that one being a stuffed plush thing.)</p>
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		<title>By: Nicole Borheier</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nicole Borheier]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 07:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oh, and he knows how cute he is - the way he looks into the camera... great! The fierce hunter killing the dreadful blue beast, heehee. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Homer, here are kisses from Germany! XOXOXOXO]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh, and he knows how cute he is &#8211; the way he looks into the camera&#8230; great! The fierce hunter killing the dreadful blue beast, heehee. </p>
<p>Homer, here are kisses from Germany! XOXOXOXO</p>
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		<title>By: jody</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[jody]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 03:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[He doesn&#039;t have the stuffing all over the floor... my dachsund (who as a puppy looked very much like the adorable dapple puppy in the Weiner dog parade photos that Michelle linked) tears the stuffing out of toys like that, once he kills the squeaker that is!  &lt;br/&gt;Homer is a cutie- thanks for the photos!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>He doesn&#8217;t have the stuffing all over the floor&#8230; my dachsund (who as a puppy looked very much like the adorable dapple puppy in the Weiner dog parade photos that Michelle linked) tears the stuffing out of toys like that, once he kills the squeaker that is!  <br />Homer is a cutie- thanks for the photos!</p>
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		<title>By: Amanda</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Amanda]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 02:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rawr, or rather, grrr, to the Mighty Hunter!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Rawr, or rather, grrr, to the Mighty Hunter!</p>
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