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    "title": "Life in the Dogosphere",
    "url": "https://performancezen.com/2005/03/30/life-in-the-dogosphere/",
    "datePublished": "2005-03-30",
    "dateModified": "2026-05-09",
    "language": "en-US",
    "description": "Shel Israel nails one quarter of my life in this post. The infamous Damnation Hound (50% Dalmation; 50% Basset Hooooooouuuuunnnnd!) is very demanding, and appears to have the smallest bladder…",
    "author": "spierzchala",
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```

# Life in the Dogosphere

Shel Israel nails one quarter of my life in [this post](http://seems2shel.typepad.com/itseemstome/2005/03/in_the_dogosphe.html).

![The Damnation Hound](http://www.newestindustry.org/media/wiggles_on_bed_1.jpg)

The infamous Damnation Hound (50% Dalmation; 50% Basset Hooooooouuuuunnnnd!) is very demanding, and appears to have the smallest bladder in the known universe. This gives her the opportunity to drag me off my sorry butt at 3 times a night and 4-5 times of weekends for a trot around the neighbourhood.

So, how would you react to a Damnation Hound? Most people laugh; that's what the ZenWife did when she saw her at [Buddy Dog](http://www.buddydoghs.com/) in Sudbury. But she is a great conversation starter!

I miss the beaches on the West Coast; Revere Beach just isn't the same as the wild and untamed surf at San Gregorio Beach. Maybe the Damnation Hound and I will play on that beach again some day.