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Rottweiler and chicken appear to be best of friends in Newfoundland

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A gardening shop in eastern Newfoundland is home to one of the most unlikely friendships - a Rottweiler named Charlee and a chicken named Penny – Feb 2, 2018

As playmates, they make an unlikely pair: Charlee is a large, black Rottweiler and Penny is a barnyard chicken.

But the YouTube videos recorded inside Steve Ivany’s indoor-gardening shop in eastern Newfoundland leave little doubt that Charlee and Penny enjoy each other’s company.

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The videos show the dog cavorting and sliding on the shop’s wooden floor as the reddish bird – clearly unafraid of anything – scrambles to catch him.

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Penny the chicken has a clipped beak so she can’t hurt the dog.

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Ivany, owner of Good 2 Grow in Conception Bay South, says the big, gentle dog grew up surrounded by chickens.

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The shop owner raises the birds from eggs he incubates in his living room.

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