Dawn Patrol #12: Roxanne & Judy

Twelve members in, and this week's story might be our favorite yet.

Meet Roxanne — a 13-year-old who has been putting in shifts at Dog Beach since she was one year old. That's twelve years of salt air, wet sand, and mornings that most of us only dream about. She's not a newcomer to the lineup. She is the lineup.

Roxanne and her person Judy make it out at least four times a week. Not occasionally. Not when it's convenient. Four times a week, every week, like clockwork. That kind of dedication deserves a jersey retirement and a plaque on the wall.

Now, Roxanne's beach style has evolved over the years — as all great athletes' do. In her younger days, she was a bird chaser. Committed. Relentless. Probably never caught one, definitely never stopped trying. These days she's traded the sprint for something more refined: a deep, methodical sniff of absolutely everything, punctuated by the strategic pursuit of whatever the ocean decided to leave behind. Call it garbage chasing. We call it coastal curation.

When the morning session wraps, Roxanne heads home, collects her well-earned treat, and relaxes. No drama. No agenda. Just a dog who has done the work and knows it.

Oh — and she was adopted from Seal Beach Animal Center.

Twelve years later, Judy brings her back to the water four times a week.

That's the whole story. That's all you need to know.

Welcome to the pack, Roxanne. You've been in it longer than most of us. 🐾

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