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Michigan had a state bird, state fish, but what about a state dog?

As the weather gets warmer and the days get longer, everyone in Michigan starts to look for signs that spring is on its way. One of the most exciting signs is the return of the Red-Winged Blackbird.

The Robin could soon be replaced as Michigan's state bird.

There are certain indications that spring is going to be here soon. Some of those signs are starting to appear around West Michigan.

Every year about this time I wait to see some signs that spring is around the corner. Things like seeing the first robin, "springing forward" with our clocks, and of course the opening of our local Dairy Queens.

Oh, no, say it isn't so. But, yes, it is so. In other words, yes, this really did happen. Someone set up a camera pointed at a bird's nest in a tree to capture a time-lapse video of eggs hatching. It begins very sweet with mother Robin tending to her nest of four blue eggs, and hoping they will hatch soon.  But, and I won't give the climax away, what really happened was so sad, totally unexpected

I haven't done a workday dog break in quite some time, but this short video I came across today had to be shared. We all want a crime-fighting duo out there protecting us, but how cool would it be if that crime-fighting duo was comprised of Daschunds (wiener dogs)?!?