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| | The Canine Working Class |
 | | Dogs can have a variety of job descriptions: helping police officers on patrol, keeping a farmers sheep or cattle in line, searching out victims of natural disasters, retrieving quarry for hunters, assisting the disabled, and even sniffing out drugs, smuggled goods, and explosives. |
 | | Not all working dogs are required to perform at the athletic level of sled dogs, but almost all are on carefully crafted programs of care to optimize their healthincluding exercise, diet, and routine veterinary care. |
 | | Lee retired two of his sled dogs from competition at the age of 10, not for lack of desire to do the job, but because the dogs were no longer as fast as their younger teammates. |
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