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Dog makes trip to butcher shop for a bone every day for years

Sunday, January 20, 2019
There's a persistent pooch in Australia who has made the same trip, to the same butcher shop, every day for years.

His name is Fletcher, and he's the shop's most loyal customer.
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At 13-years-old, the old dog is not interested in new tricks, just a bone -- preferably lamb, not chicken.

The shop's owner says Fletcher has been up to the same routine since he was a pup.

"He wouldn't go so we gave him a bone, off he went and the next day he turned up again. Ten years later and he's still doing," says Nick Cowen.

These days, Fletcher's trip to the butcher takes a little longer.



He has arthritis and his hearing isn't great.
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But his sense of smell and direction are still spot on, and lead him directly to the shop and then back home -- bone in tow.

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