At a ceremony on Tuesday afternoon, governor John Carney of Delaware -- joined by his wife, First Lady Tracey Quillen Carney -- is expected to name the state's official dog.
But, unlike many other states -- Pennsylvania's state dog is a Great Dane and Ohio's is the Labrador Retriever -- Delaware has chosen to name "rescue dogs" as the state's official dog.
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WATCH HERESelecting animals who specialize in a certain field as a state dog isn't unheard of -- New York's state dog is 'working dogs' and New Jersey's is 'seeing eye dogs.'
Through legislation that was introduced earlier this year, Carney is expected to make the official designation.
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SIGN UP The bill was introduced at the beginning of the year and has already passed through the state house and senate.
