The word 'pooch' is an acceptable word to use in written English.
You can use it to refer to a pet dog, typically a small breed. For example, "The couple recently adopted a sweet pooch from the local animal shelter."
I had to take my pooch to Battersea, and I watched while they put him down.
Obama hasn't dared shy away from the White House pooch tradition.
The judge said the winning pooch left her speechless.
Well-bred spaniels, Dalmatians and Rottweilers started selling fast, for as little as $5 a pooch.
In middle-class parts of Mexico, dog hotels, stylists and even "organic" dog-poo bins are so prevalent that having a pooch has become a symbol of upward mobility.
And because it would not be illegal for that pooch to kill, peradventure, a fox, it follows that if the hounds veer onto a real scent and make a kill, no law has been broken.
He has even written a biography of the fortunate pooch to promote the cause.
Indeed, pooch pampering knows few bounds at Westminster's Dog Show, where dog owners could buy couture doggy apparel, luxury grooming products and even a custom plush-toy clone of their beloved canine (for a mere $200).Mongrels still can't compete in most of the show's competitions, and they look a bit awkward in rhinestones.
And never, ever give any to the family pooch.
Mr Hill's own pooch, Duffy, gets star billing on the company's advertising posters.
On a ticket with a Washington insider (John Boehner?), he would be a formidable opponent for Barack Obama.John Hallinan SydneySIR – It was lovely to see your reference to a New Yorker cartoon from 1993 of one canine saying to his pooch pal that "On the internet, nobody knows you're a dog" ("Anonymous no more", March 12th).
