dogdom

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dogdom

(ˈdɒɡdəm)

jocular the world or realm of dogs

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Nevertheless, such running was an habitual expression of happiness and friendliness in dogdom, and especially strong had been his inheritance of it from Terrence and Biddy, the noted love-runners of the Solomons.

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But his bid for a Triple Crown of dogdom ended when he was topped by Bourbon, his sister and littermate.

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Some in dogdom fear that DNA test results could keep animals from passing on otherwise good genes because of an ambiguous possibility of disease.