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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The new rookie at the Bridge Street firehouse in Grand Rapids isn’t very good at following orders.
It usually takes a treat to get him in line.
But what’s a young puppy to do?
Axel, or Axe for short, is a Labrador mix the Grand Rapids Fire Department adopted last month from a pet rescue group.
“He has a really neat nature about him. He’s very friendly. And we have people coming off the street stopping by the station… he’s one of the first firefighters they get to meet,” said GRFD Lt. Bill Smith.
Dogs have been a part of firehouse culture for centuries — from Dalmatians that ran alongside horse-drawn steamers, keeping pedestrians out of the way and calming the horses, to Rhonda, the GRFD’s last K-9.
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