Dog Day Afternoon

Erika Mansourian, AKC Family Dog Magazine

According to the kind of website that tracks such things, Chicago is the dog-friendliest city in the U.S. Don’t tell that to New Yorkers. As is their way, they’ll gladly share their dissenting opinion: No one loves their canine pals more than we do. Yes, we can even be a little, uh, preoccupied with them. (Please stop putting outfits on your dogs, people. No animal is improved by a Knicks jersey/ruffled pinafore/sun visor.) Sometimes we’re powerless to resist those warm, liquid eyes and that heart-melting expression pleading, “Take me with yooooouuuuu!”  So lace up your walking shoes (they’re going to get dusty, by the way), grab the leash, silence the cell, and head to the Village, where you can’t throw a bone without hitting a dog nut and her pooch. More