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CONTENTS

Introduction

CHAPTER 1

In the Beginning There Was Dog

(Who Let the Dogs In?)

CHAPTER 2

The Custody of Canines

(Dividing the Dog)

CHAPTER 3

The Property Pet Predicament

(Renting with Rover)

CHAPTER 4

Abuse of Animals

(Does Your State Law Have Teeth?)

CHAPTER 5

Dog … Gone

(Send Rover Right Over)

CHAPTER 6

Medical Rights—Rover and Med Mal

(Negligent Neutering and Beyond)

CHAPTER 7

Dog Bite!

(Do Dogs Really Get One Free Bite?)

CHAPTER 8

Canines in Court

(Running Afoul of the Law)

CHAPTER 9

Consumer Canine

(Fetch and Return)

CHAPTER 10

Traveling Tails

(Reservations for Rover)

CHAPTER 11

Don’t Disinherit the Dog

(In Dog We Trust)

EPILOGUE

A New Leash on the Law

APPENDICES

Sample Petnuptial
Sample Pet Responsibility Contract
Sample Dog Résumé

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS