The TV news made it seem warm fuzzy, but the Scene had more to say about it.

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Dec. 14th 1995

And you said you wouldn't elect him dogcatcher

After Sundquist adopted a stray dog named Bailey, 10-year-old Jarrett Sellers saw the pooch's picture and tearfully identified him as the missing dog he had raised from a puppy. The governor did what any warmhearted adult would do: He dispatched a highway patrolman to interrogate the Sellers family and then let them stew for several days while he decided whether to give back the dog. The resulting PR fiasco engendered such classic front-page headlines as, "Little boy begs governor: 'Please give my dog back.' "