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Truffle! Get the hell away from him!" I screamed at the top of my lungs, not even bothering to slip on my sandals as I sprinted barefoot across the sun-drenched grass of my front yard. It was a pristine Sunday afternoon in Pacific Palisades. I was supposed to be in my kitchen, testing a new brown butter pistachio pastry recipe for my subscribers, but that peace was utterly shattered by the obscene spectacle happening right on my lawn. My dog, Truffle—a fluffy, ridiculously spoiled Cavalier King Charles Spaniel—was currently pinned to the grass by a massive, terrifyingly muscular black Doberman. The beast had a coat that gleamed like wet obsidian in the California sun, and I swear to God, the corner of his mouth was pulled back in a smug, victorious grin. And my Truffle, my innocent, not-even-two-year-old virgin dog, was being completely defiled! I grabbed the heavy wooden broom resting against my porch and charged like a gladiator. "Get off her, you absolute menace! Back up!" I swung the broom, smacking it against the grass inches from the Doberman's massive paws. The beast barely flinched. He lazily finished his business, threw me a look of pure, unadulterated canine arrogance, and slowly stepped off my