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February 6, 2008

If candidates were dogs: Duncan Hunter - Standard Schnauzer

Description: Sturdy and muscular with a wiry coat, strong jaw, blunt muzzle and an ever-alert look on its rectangular, hairy-eyebrowed face.

Behavior: Intelligent, yet stubborn. While family-friendly, they don’t always get on well with other dogs or household pets. They make ideal watchdogs, which is what they were originally bred for, and their deep bark will quickly alert a family to any strangers. Prone to behavioral problems, which can minimized with early training.

Tendency to bark: Medium

Level of aggression: Low

Suitability as a guard dog: Medium

(Candidate photo by AP; sketch by Susan Donley, petspictured.com; breed photo by Baltimore Sun)

(To see the full Dog Lovers' Guide to the Presidential Election, click here.)

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About Jill Rosen

Jill Rosen is a reporter at The Baltimore Sun. During her nearly 20 years in journalism, she has covered news and features — including a surprising number of stories that involved animals. There were the dog Christmas carolers in State College, Pa. There were the hounds who toured with a production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The story of a preschool teacher at Baltimore’s Father Kolbe School who had to replace her class guinea pig, who died over the winter holiday. A harrowing tale of what it was like to make homemade pet food ...

Though her clean freak of a mother refused to allow her to get a dog, she has had a number of pets through the years, including goldfish named Bob and Fingle, a betta fish named Ichabod, a wild rat terrier named Wendel, who she shared with a roommate, and, currently, sweet, sweet kitties named Leo Sesame and Milo Pumpkin and a little rescued pup named Teddy Bean. She, Leo, Pumpkin and Teddy Bean live in Baltimore.

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