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"You're a Hard Dog (To Keep Under the Porch)" is a song written by Susanna Clark and Harlan Howard. It was originally recorded by American country artist Gail Davies for her fifth studio album entitled What Can I Say.

"You're a Hard Dog (To Keep Under the Porch)"
Single by Gail Davies
from the album What Can I Say
B-side	"The Boy in You Is Showing"[1]
Released	September 1983
Recorded	June 1983 Nashville, TN, U.S.[1]
Label	Warner Bros. Nashville
Songwriter(s)	Susanna Clark Harlan Howard
Producer(s)	Gail Davies
Gail Davies singles chronology
"Singing the Blues" (1983) "You're a Hard Dog (To Keep Under the Porch)" (1983) "Boys Like You" (1984)

The song was recorded in June 1983 at the "Woodland Studio", located in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. The session was produced entirely by Davies, who had been self-producing her recording sessions for several years.[1] Released as a single in September 1983, "You're a Hard Dog (To Keep Under the Porch)" reached the eighteenth position on the Billboard Magazine Hot Country Singles chart. The single became Davies' ninth top-twenty hit on the Billboard country chart.[2] In addition, the single peaked within the top-twenty on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart.[3]

Chart performance

Chart (1983-1984)	Peak position
Canada Country Songs (RPM)[3]	20
US Hot Country Singles (Billboard)[2]	18

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