His day starts at the back door of the grocery store deli. He continues his rounds with stops at City Hall, the ice cream shop and a gas station.
That is after Bruno walks 4 miles a day down Highway 84 into the town of Longville, just as he has for the last 12 years.
"He's a big to-do here," Sharon Rouse, who watches Bruno walk into town from her desk at a realty office, told KARE.
He hangs out around Longville then heads home to his owners Debbie and Larry LaVallee, according to KARE. Bruno came to the LaVallees after someone walked up their driveway with the little puppy.
"He says, 'I found your dog at the end of your driveway,'" Larry told KARE. "I says, 'Well he ain't my dog.'"
However, the LaVallees decided to keep the pup. They tried to keep Bruno on a tie-down at home but he "almost hanged himself" pulling so hard at the end of the chain, LaVallee told KARE.
By now, the LaVallees are used to calls from visitors in town who come upon the wandering Bruno. The LaVallees thank them and let the callers know that he will find his way home, according to KARE.
A bronze statue of Bruno sits in a park on the the city's main street, solidifying his mythical status.
A marble plaque nearby reads:
"Bruno Longville's town dog and ambassador"
Bruno is so well-received that someone in town also created a Facebook page for the dog.
"He's not just a dog," Patrick Moran, who owns a real estate office that Bruno visits, told KARE. "He's a spirit."
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