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Brooklyn photographer Michael Crouser sure has captured the dark side of New York's dog parks. The images are for his new book of photography called Dog Run, and a selection of them will be on display at the Gallery FCB through the month of October. Crouser relayed one story from a dog park to us, in which the pug you'll see in the images is the protagonist.

This little pug kept barking at me, and following me around, so eventually I turned my camera on him...he picked a distance that he liked to bark from, but it was just inches too close for me to focus on him. If I backed away he moved toward me the exact same distance and kept barking. I tried again, and again he moved with me...soon people were laughing at our little dog and camera show as we shuffled across the park. I finally figured out that if I moved toward him he would back away, just into range, so I could get one or two shots before he reestablished his fighting distance. This went on for about five minutes...until I had shot a whole roll of him looking earnestly and protectively and barkingly into the eye of the 300mm alien, which he very obviously didn't care for.

An animal hospital in NJ treated some dogs with the canine influenza, and the CDC and other veterinary organizations are finding more and more cases of the disease. The Post says that while some city dogs have had the flu, all have recovered (at least the ones seen by vets), with one vet saying, "It's not unlike a person having the flu, in that most people feel miserable for a while and get better and everything is fine." But as miserable as it is to see a person with the flu, it's more heartbreaking when it's a dog with "coughs, nasal discharge and fever." Dog coughs are really pitiful. The influenza seems to have originated from horses, as the first cases have been found at dog track greyhounds. Some NYC vets are recommending to freaked out dog owners that they avoid dog kennels and dog parks - and to wash their hands if they touch another dog. Does this mean dogs will get face masks, because it would be sad if they had to miss out on the dog park. And their own hazmat outfits?