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The author of the following is unknown. But the sentiments expressed will touch your heart. Here in this house… I will never know the loneliness I hear in the barks of the other dogs “out there”. I can sleep soundly, assured that when I wake my world will not have changed. I will never know […]
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Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy in Dogs
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