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Recent Examples of puppy dogLochlan 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 At one point, an android with puppy dog eyes is introduced, only to vanish a couple of scenes later.—Natalia Winkelman, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024 Jack, meanwhile, horrifies Doc with his truly terrible 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 See All Example Sentences for puppy dog
But the pup could have been triggered by its heightened sense of smell, which enables canines to sniff out different conditions from cancer and seizures to stress, research has shown.
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Soo Kim,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Aug. 2025
The clip of her 4-year-old pup in a cone discovering his sense of smell after surgery struck a chord that was equal parts funny and heartwarming.
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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