# Have you ever seen a "Town Dog"?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-seen-a-town-dog/765696>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 11, 2016, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-seen-a-town-dog/765696 "2016-09-11T19:48:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2016, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-seen-a-town-dog/765696/21 "2016-09-13T01:30:33Z")

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> [@DCnDC](#):
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> I used to live in a neighborhood with a town rooster. His name was Roscoe. This was not at all a rural setting. One day Roscoe was run over and killed. Now there is a statue of Roscoe.

There’s also a pizza place in town named after him.

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**Author:** ![urban1a](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e47c2d/32.png) [@urban1a](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/urban1a)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2016, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-seen-a-town-dog/765696/22 "2016-09-13T02:11:52Z")

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> [@TheChileanBlob](#):
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> I work at a little hometown diner, and we have a dog. He’s been around for at least ten or eleven years. We feed him and he makes his doggy rounds. He even has a [special dispensation](https://www.facebook.com/MapleStreetDiner/photos/a.592602137418979.1073741826.576087945737065/592614807417712/?type=3&theater) from the mayor so he’s allowed to run around free.

Is this in Colorado, by any chance. It sounds very similar to a story I was told about a town dog in a small southern Colorado town, including the bit about the mayor.

Bob

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**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2016, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-seen-a-town-dog/765696/23 "2016-09-13T12:19:09Z")

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> [@P-man](#):
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> There’s also a pizza place in town named after him.

Pretty good pizza they got there. A touch pricey for what it is, but a good pizza place. I miss living over there.

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