Author Michael Schaffer releases his new book One Nation Under Dog this week. Focused mainly on dogs but for all pet lovers, he provides a fascinating look at America's obsession with its beloved pets as well as our changing attitudes towards our pets over the past decades. The author contends that the evolution in pet ownership can teach us much about ourselves, how contemporary pets explain contemporary America. Just a few of the many areas he covers are pampered pets (our fur bab

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