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John Grisham Queues Up for Canine Questions

In an exclusive (possibly imagined) interview, the real top dog in the Grisham household emerges

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Sleeping Dogs: Dreamers, Snorers, and Snugglers

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Smiling Dogs: A Gallery of Winning Grins

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Dogs in the Great Outdoors: Pooches for All Seasons

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Dogs on the Water: Swimmers and Sunbathers

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Puppies: Small but Mighty Cute

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Sporting Dogs: Handsome Hunting Companions

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Dog Mug Shots: “You Looking at Me?”

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Cute Dogs: Prepare to Say Awww

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Funny Dogs: These Pups Make Us Laugh

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For the Love of a Smart Dog

Scottie was more intelligent than most canines—and not a few humans

Sporting

How a Top Gundog Trainer Found His True Calling

From his time as a navy medical corpsman to working with bomb-sniffing dogs in Afghanistan, Grayson Guyer followed a winding path back to North Carolina and training companion gundogs

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Sporting

Meet Seven of the South’s Top Sporting-Dog Breeders

They nurture the bond between outdoorsmen and their four-legged partners

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Farewell to an Unforgettable Gundog

A hunter’s fitting send-off to a loyal, if sometimes hardheaded, Boykin spaniel

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Editor's Letter

From the Editor: Introducing the Dogs of Garden & Gun

Let us introduce you to our pack

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A Rambunctious Pit Bull Mix’s Unexpected Calm

When cancer struck, one Texas writer found quiet comfort in her rowdy pup

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June Bug Goes to Camp

A summer in the Blue Ridge Mountains proves just the thing for a freewheeling Appalachian golden wolf

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What I Learned at the Dog Show

After the loss of a beloved pup, one author fills a mutt-sized hole by following Westminster’s purebreds

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The Gift of the Mystery Mutt

The odd mix that is Dexter proves that perfection comes from unexpected places

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Good Dog: The Resurrection of Sparky

How one daring Alabama black Lab’s story didn’t quite play out as expected