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February 5, 2008

If candidates were dogs: Mitt Romney - Smooth Fox Terrier

Description: A lively and active mid-sized terrier with deep-set eyes, long sloping shoulders and a narrow head. Their coats are dense and abundant. They are known for their longevity and were originally used for fox hunting and vermin-killing.

Behavior: Highly intelligent, but can be stubborn; likes to bark and dig. They tend to want to be dominant over other dogs. They are affectionate, and devoted to the extent that they can be protective if they feel a member of the family is being threatened.

Tendency to bark: Medium

Level of aggression: Medium

Suitability as guard dog: Medium

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

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

Posted by John Woestendiek at 7:02 AM | Permalink | Comments (2)

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Irish setters and I will be glad when this guy finally leaves the race, although it would be a blast to see Hillary or Barack defeat him in the general election.

Posted by: Mary Schmidt | February 6, 2008 10:32 PM

Hey let's be nice to Smooth Fox Terriers

Posted by: jen | April 29, 2008 9:35 PM

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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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