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There are technically two shop dogs at Sunnyside, but Elroy has seniority. His more junior canine colleague Happy has been spending less time in the office since she suffered a bout of wanderlust that landed her in the slammer for a night. Elroy currently works 30 hours each week and has been coming in with his owner, bike mechanic Seth Fox, for about five years.

Name: Elroy

Age: Around 9 years old

Breed: Burmese mountain dog

Title: Head Shop Dog

Responsibilities: Assisting with bike test rides and making sure rugs don’t fly away

Favorite part of the job: Getting treats from delivery people and customers

Least favorite part of the job: None

What would they do without you? I would be bored without a few days in the shop each week.

This article appears in Jul 30 – Aug 5, 2015.

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Meet the Shop Dog: Elroy

by Erin Rook, The Source - Bend, Oregon
July 29, 2015

<h1>Meet the Shop Dog: Elroy</h1> <p class="byline">by Erin Rook, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />July 29, 2015</p> <p>There are technically two shop dogs at Sunnyside, but Elroy has seniority. His more junior canine colleague Happy has been spending less time in the office since she suffered a bout of wanderlust that landed her in the slammer for a night. Elroy currently works 30 hours each week and has been coming in with his owner, bike mechanic Seth Fox, for about five years.</p> <p><b>Name:</b> Elroy</p> <p><b>Age:</b> Around 9 years old</p> <p>Breed: Burmese mountain dog</p> <p><b>Title:</b> Head Shop Dog</p> <p><b>Responsibilities: </b>Assisting with bike test rides and making sure rugs don't fly away</p> <p><b>Favorite part of the job: </b>Getting treats from delivery people and customers</p> <p><b>Least favorite part of the job: </b>None</p> <p><b>What would they do without you?</b> I would be bored without a few days in the shop each week.</p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/special-issues-and-guides/meet-the-shop-dog-elroy-2521363/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=32986&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/special-issues-and-guides/meet-the-shop-dog-elroy-2521363/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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