The use of these breeds, particularly Saint Bernards, has outraged dog devotees in the West.
"Real" dog devotees argue there's no way a battery-powered clump of circuit boards, motors and silicon chips can match the heart-warming, life-enriching wonder of a furry, cuddly canine.
K. MacRury, Inuit dog driver and devotee, is thanked for all expert advice and assistance.
But most Aibo buyers are not looking for an alternative to a "fuzzy dog" (as Aibo devotees call real pets).
"Our Orthodox Jewish students have never been able to eat on campus before," said Yelena Shvartsblat, an administrator at the college and a devotee of its hot dogs and burgers.
Another captivating folio from the Salim album shows a Kanphata yogi (a devotee of the Hindu god Shiva) and his dog, both rendered with an intimate naturalism.
You wouldn't know that I'm also a writer, a college student, an introvert, a dog person, an incurable work-out-aholic, a glasses wearer, a book lover, and a coffee devotee.
A devotee of Kipling's Jungle Book, London found his literary voice writing about a dog that learns to live at the limit of civilisation.
An early film fanatic and Tarantino devotee, he played Mr. Pink in a two-performance-only production of "Reservoir Dogs" that he organized with some friends in a local pub when they were teenagers.
In fact the two-hour edited-highlights version of the World Dog Show may actually be a little too fast-paced and energetic for the genre's devotees.
Sometimes a hindoo devotee.
