Five Houses, One Missing Pet

Five houses stand in a row, numbered 1 to 5 from left to right. Each house has a different color (red, green, blue, white, yellow), and each occupant has a different job (baker, pilot, tailor, dentist, chef), a different pet (cat, dog, fish, bird, horse) and a different favorite drink (tea, coffee, milk, juice, water). "Immediately left of" means the house with the next lower number. 1. The chef lives in the blue house. 2. The occupant of the blue house drinks juice. 3. The pilot keeps the horse. 4. The milk drinker keeps the fish. 5. The red house is immediately left of the house of the tea drinker. 6. The baker lives immediately left of the cat owner. 7. The baker lives immediately left of the tea drinker. 8. The bird owner lives immediately left of the tailor. 9. The horse owner lives immediately left of the milk drinker. 10. The milk drinker lives immediately left of the green house. 11. The white house is immediately left of the house of the coffee drinker. Who owns the dog? Answer with the job.

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Source: Original puzzle written for AxiomIQ in the style of the classic five-house logic grid puzzles in wide circulation; no traceable original source.