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Some of the same things that attracted settlers to the Chicago area in 1850 are the very factors that are appealing to local dog lovers today. First and foremost is that long, Lake Michigan coastline. When the sweltering summer temperatures make humans pant like Poodles, there’s nothing better than a run through the city’s 20 miles of beaches. City of Chicago policies make off-leash laps legal, in certain areas. The second edition of The Dog Lover’s Companion to Chicago gives you 269 pages of tips on when, where and how to get there. When the snow is as high as a Great Dane’s shoulder there are forest preserve dog sledding tracks and for those days when autumn is full of multicolored fall leaves for fragrant frolic there are more than 100 miles of riverbanks to explore. Chicago is an urban environment that is easily accessible to such wide open options, but with more than one million pooches in the metro area, the Windy City’s pups can be found everywhere in the city limits, from pub patios to in horse-drawn carriages. While the stockyards may not be what they once were dogs, of course, love any place that is famous for big slabs of meat. An updated, second edition of The Dog Lover’s Companion to Chicago, covering new dog parks and city regulations, was published in January 2007.
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