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In your world (and ours) Dog is God. So why not take your canine passion one step further with a colossal canine sculpture as high as the heavens? Massachusetts-based artist Dale Rogers uses heat and steel to make metal sculptures of man’s best friend measuring up to 16 feet high!

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Everyone has a pet story to share. From runaway dogs to pups who teach manners at N.Y.C. restaurants, there's a tale in every tail. The folks behind the popular Chicken Soup for the Soul series recognized it, and recently released two pet themed editions: What I Learned from the Cat and What I Learned from the Dog. Featuring moving forwards by pet expert Wendy Diamond, the tomes gathered 101 short stories from every day people who happen to love their animals — just like us!

Each book is broken up into sections about life lessons in love, confidence and friendship. There are funny bits about dogs being mistaken for people, cats absolutely petrified of closed doors, and naturally, the sadder stories about pet loss, too. But what will make readers smile is that no matter how specific the story, as pet lovers, we can all say, "I've been there, too." Though simple, they're stories you'll keep coming back to — and maybe even share with your pet!

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Halloween was just two weeks ago, but before you know it, the end of the year will be here. Of course, the end of 2009 will bring some great things, too! December means holidays, gifts, a change in season, and maybe even a new calendar! In this age of BlackBerry planners and online organizers, you should make your calendar count — make it feature someone or something you love. We've rounded up the ten most covetable animal dayminders, including the Cute Overload Picture-A-Day Calendar and Etsy seller joojoo's giclée cards (pictured). Check out all of 2010's best animal calendars in our gallery.

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What's messier: your dog ... or your kitchen after cooking up a batch of doggy treats? Crypton fabrics recently introduced an adorable cook's apron into its line, which lets you wear your puppy love across your heart while keeping things clean among your culinary pursuits.

Featuring the signature dog doodle by artist William Wegman, the machine-washable aprons ($30) are stain-, moisture- and odor-resistant — and even disinfectable when wiped with the company's EPA-approved cleanser. And since they're made from recycled plastic bottles using green processes, they're friendly to the environment too. Available in koala brown and pool blue, they're a must-have kitchen accessory for any food-loving dog owner.

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If you read Vicky Myron's 2008 best-selling book, Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World, about the special orange kitten abandoned in a book depository at an Iowa library, then you know that the story should have come with a box of tissues. But now Myron has teamed up with illustrator Steve James to adapt that heart-warming tale for younger audiences — minus the tears!

The colorfully illustrated book ($16.99) is called Dewey: There's a Cat in the Library and includes some of the fluffy feline's most amusing adventures — like climbing into the book cart, snooping in open drawers and running around with rubber bands. Just when you think things might turn sad with a melancholy little girl reading a book, Dewey swoops in to save the day just like a trusty library cat should.

It's the purr-fect bedtime story to add to your little one's library.

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Like many a beloved pet, Isis, a seal-point Siamese, is included whenever possible in her owner’s life. So Isis was there last Christmas Eve when Meagan Tuckey’s fiancé, Dallas Merlen, proposed.

And when the bride-to-be ordered a custom wedding cake topper showing a re-enactment of the proposal, there was no question it would include Isis in her rightful place, sitting close by.

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Celebrities live in a rarified universe, and stardom has a way of distancing famous folks from the rest of us. But somehow, seeing them with their pets can make them more human.

Award-winning photojournalist David Woo, who owns a Basset hound named Chester, has worked at the Dallas Morning News for the past three decades. Along with his co-author Richard Pruitt, Woo produced Top Dogs and Their Pets, a new book of photographs featuring celebrities like Cesar Millan, Dr. Phil, Owen Wilson and Betty White, along with athletes and politicians, all posing with their beloved dogs, cats, and even horses.

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