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The days of dogs bringing in the newspaper might be numbered — for reasons that have nothing at all to do with dogs — but until then there are those, like Nariz, who are eager to deliver.
Nariz, whose name comes from the Spanish word for nose, belongs to Deb and Roger Pyle, who get their local newspaper delivered to their home in Astoria, Oregon. Every afternoon, Nariz sticks her nose into the Pyles’ newspaper box, pulls out The Daily Astorian and delivers it to her waiting owners in exchange for a cookie, reports — who else — The Daily Astorian.
“We didn’t train her. She just likes to do stuff for us,” Deb Pyle explained.
The Pyles’ adopted the dog from the Clatsop County Animal Shelter when she was 10 months old.
“There was one day when she was acting like she wanted a job so I walked her out to the paper and put it in her mouth and then we walked back to the house together,” Deb Pyle said. Next, Roger Pyle taught Nariz how to put her head in the newspaper box and remove the paper herself.
After that, Nariz expanded into mail delivery. “The mailman has learned that he can hand it over to her and she’ll bring it to us,” Deb Pyle said.
Posted by John Woestendiek March 31st, 2010 under Muttsblog, videos.
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Comment from Miss Jan
Time March 31, 2010 at 11:10 am
Clatsop Animal Shelter is strongl pro-active in getting pets adopted and have several groups in the community who fundraise for animal adoptions. This community is brought together by a wonderful little monthly newsletter distributed in the local paper and available online as well called Bow Wow Dog News. Has a lot of the same community “feel” and down home practical balanced companion animal approach as you do, John. Check it out! Always love the stories about dogs with jobs especially ones they “volunteer” for – those stories help balance out the often tragic news about how some dogs are badly treated by humans.