Border collie Scruff paw-ses to fetch hundreds of bottles off street
Owner Yvonne Faulkner-Grant says Scruff's litter-picking ways have made him a star on Facebook
The 13-year-old, from Nuneaton, has been dubbed an "eco-dog" for at least 1,000 plastic bottles he has cleared up on walks with his owners this year.Facebook"He'll see one on the other side of the road and look at me as if to say, 'Can I get it?'," the 47-year-old says. "So we got him to start bringing the bottles to us and we put them in a bag and then count them up at the end of the walk - I'd say he will have collected at a least 1,000 this year.Image caption,Neighbour and friend Caroline Round, who also gets to walk Scruff, says he "will not go past a bottle without picking it up - he's so intelligent".
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