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smell and here's your shmoop du jour brought to you by pets and pet rocks [man throws stick for rock]

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don't count all right check out the following passage yeah owning dogs

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immune response millionaire and dog important well this passage suggests [text on screen]

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that dog owners should what and here the potential answers gods man's best friend [man pets dog]

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and a loving alternative to the cold indifference of cats but dogs aren't the [cat scratches man's leg]

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easiest pets to care for here's the thing many of these answers are related

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to issues discussed in the passage but they're not directly implied so we can

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begin by eliminating option a the passage mentions how when dogs become

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bored while they chew and bark but dog owners can avoid these behaviors if they

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provide stimulation chewing and barking aren't things owners have to be prepared [dog barking]

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for unless of course these owners are

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committed to boring their pets well the passage also mentions that dog [dog and man watching tv]

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ownership requires a financial emotional and time investment but it doesn't

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directly imply that dog owners have to plunk down a huge pile of cash so option

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B is out unless the court is talking about Beverly Hills lap dogs in which [chihuahua driving a convertible]

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case well break out the AMEX all right option D is a little tricky as dog

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training is mentioned in the text but there's no direct implication that dog

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owners need to take their dogs to a training class they could do that [dog sits down obediently in park]

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training on their own so sorry D but you gotta go what is implied is that if

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owning a dog is a big responsibility dog owners should plan to devote lots of

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time and attention to their pets so bad behaviors don't develop this makes [pictures of humans hanging out with dogs]

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option C the correct answer now that we think about it with all the

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responsibilities that comes with owning a pet maybe having a pet rock and then

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such a bad idea there's definitely less to clean up [man throws stick for dog]

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