Blue Dog Benny: From scrubby statue to neighborhood mascot
Blue Dog Benny rests at the Skoglund home on Lakeshore Drive, a street where he has found a home on the porch of nearly every neighborhood resident. Reporter & Farmer | Timothy Gibson
On the southern shore of Blue Dog Lake, there lives a dense little fellow named Benny. Since 2022, Benny has been a fixture of the Lakeshore Drive neighborhood, watching the seasons and the residents come and go. He has attended children’s birthday parties, fishing outings and outdoor church services. Always outside, he keeps watch over the neighborhood, watching boats launch, children play and ca…
