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Dogs are people too, especially when they can frolic day and
night at parks, cafes and clubs. And they make great
matchmakers.  June 29, 2006|Cindy Chang | Special to The Times
FOR the dachshunds, French bulldogs and miniature pinschers of
the Silver Lake Dog Park's small-breed section, friendships are
sparked by the wag of a tail, just so, or a whiff of scent from
an especially fragrant rear end.  The owners of these feisty
little dogs bring them there to socialize, and socialize they
do, chasing each other from end to end of the small dirt patch,
wrestling one-on-one or warding off unwanted advances with a
growl.  As the humans watch their dogs at play, they test the
social waters with their own species. The standard greeting is
not the tail wag but a pooch query: "How old is he? What kind of
dog is he?" Thus have friendships, business relationships and
even romances been born.  "Ted!" Lindsay Stewart cried one
recent afternoon as she plucke