"Dogs laugh, but they laugh
with their tails."
~ Max Eastman
Jasper possesses the perfect mellow tempera-
ment for working in an art gallery. This 7-year-old
English Yellow Lab is an enthusiastic client greeter.
"But once he gets his pets and everyone fawns
over him, he goes back to sleep," says owner Josh
Hardy of Josh Hardy Galleries in Carmel. There's
not a mean bone in Jasper. "The only time he
barks is in his sleep," Hardy says. While that means
he's a joy to be around, "he's useless as security,"
the gallery owner laughs.
Working
Dogs
BY MICHAEL CHATFIELD
PHOTOGRAPHY BY KELLI ULDALL
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If anyone—canine or human—wants to hang around with Nancy
and Charlie Costanza, they have to like music. And Coco, a 10-year-
old, longhaired Chihuahua mix, adores it. Good thing, too, because
the Costanzas own Do Re Mi Music in Carmel and there's always
something playing on the house sound system. "Because she's so
small, we elevate her to our level: she hangs out on the counter
most of the time," Nancy says. "Everyone falls in love with her."
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