Where Are The Happy Dogs?

Not that I spend much time thinking about pects and washboard abs, but in surfing the net I came across an interesting item from the Men's Health site. According to their research, these are the rankings of various cities where dogs are happiest. They base their rankings on fairly easily collected data, such as the ratios of dog owners, and per capita numbers of dog parks, stores, vets, kennels, and shelters. The big overall winner was Colorado Springs, Colorado.

My results were a little puzzling. Of the 46 cities listed on their map, Washington, DC came in 49th. Ouch.

P.S. In the Washington Post this week there was an article on an experiment concluding that dogs are capable of adapting imitated behaviors based on their own assumptions. Kinda hard to explain, so you might just have to read up to know why your dog is every bit as smart as a kid.