SEATTLE — The special delivery arrived in a plastic storage box after a chartered flight in bouncy single-propeller plane. Veterinarian Susan Shaffer Sookram snipped the zip ties securing the lid and greeted the cargo: four dogs, one with a gray collar bearing its name: Happy.

Dog breeds gaining popularity

Dog breeds gaining popularity

#25. German shorthaired pointer

#24. German pinscher

#23. Greater Swiss mountain dog

#22. Whippet

#21. Rhodesian ridgeback

#20. Greyhound

#19. Cavalier King Charles spaniel

#18. Australian shepherd

#17. Samoyed

#16. Miniature bull terrier

#15. Giant schnauzer

#14. Portuguese water dog

#13. Shiba inu

#12. Cardigan Welsh corgi

#11. Australian cattle dog

#10. Staffordshire bull terrier

#9. Havanese

#8. Anatolian shepherd dog

#7. Bernese mou

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