Bryton Bongard of Wahnapitae clearly loves his dogs, and the feeling seems to be mutual.

At the moment, they are nuzzling his hands, pant legs, pretty much anything they can get their snouts on. Admittedly, he’s come into their enclosure bearing treats — doling these out first to five pups, at no objection from the older dogs — but their interest can also extend to items that aren’t so edible, or shouldn’t be.

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At one point, as he sprawls out on the grass with them, a dog sneaks in from behind to snatch his ball cap; later, I see two of them playing tug-of-war with it at the opposite end of the pen.

That might be salvageable, but other, pricier items have not been. “They ate two phones on me in the past month,” he casually relates, while navigating the furry swarm.

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