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The sign at the North County Recreation Sports Complex in Longview, Washington, is very clear that “No pets allowed inside baseball complex or on soccer fields,” but then there’s a strange addendum: “except Bear Dog.” It’s an unusual concession that speaks to the town’s love and respect for an 18-year-old Labrador mix who has roamed the town’s riverfront for a very long time—”greeting visitors, attending ball games, joining fishermen and walking kids home from school.”
As an article in The Daily News explains, this gentle dog has been a fixture since 1996. His owner, Don Caufield, offered to tie the dog up but was told that folks enjoyed Bear Dog’s company. It’s an unusual story of a dog’s personality winning over a whole town.
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