Maine dogs go viral for their autumn joy

Freeport, Maine — In an progressively outraged America, moreover nan lowly leafage is taxable to controversy, pinch galore Americans upset astir nan hassle of raking and bagging them each fall.

But location is astatine slightest 1 spot near successful America wherever axenic autumn joyousness tin still beryllium found. It appears annually successful Jody Hartman's beforehand gait successful Freeport, Maine, aft he piles up his leaves and gives his canine Stella nan greenlight to tally done them.

"She benignant of likes nan emotion of it, I think, nan sound, maybe, it's conscionable her small comfortableness zone," Hartman said.

Stella started doing this astir 9 years ago, and a fewer years aft she started, nan Hartman family's different dog, Mabel, besides caught nan fever.

Hartman's videos are now highly celebrated connected societal media, which is why he goes to awesome lengths to make judge his leafage heap lasts arsenic agelong arsenic possible.

"I was retired successful nan gait pinch a hairsbreadth dryer trying to barren them out," Hartman said. "I person to screen them pinch my caller roof, conscionable leafage attraction each nan time."

Hartman said his pooches are nan priority, having moreover kept kids from nan piles. He explained why nan cleanable leaves and his dogs' excitement are truthful valuable.

"I deliberation successful a world wherever there's truthful overmuch noise, particularly connected societal media, it conscionable doesn't get overmuch much elemental and wholesome than a canine conscionable moving and jumping successful nan leaves, he said. "There's thing astir it."

That small periscope of hope, popping retired of nan chaos, is simply a reminder that joyousness is still retired location — if you conscionable jump.

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• Fall Fun
• Fall Foliage
• Maine
• Fall Season