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From Prince the Wonder Dog's ability to ask for sausages, to the 19th century Pomeranian who said “damn grandmamma", Matthew Sweet explores the phenomenon of articulate canines.

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The music in this feature is:
Brian Eno - Dune
Prince the Wonder Dog - Sausages
Gershwin - Promenade ('Walking the Dog'), performed by the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Michael Tilson Thomas