Often-photographed Brodie Coyote didn't have a bad side

Longtime La Conner news photographer Don Coyote is renowned for making magic with his camera.

But no magic was needed to enhance the image of his favorite photographic subject, the late Brodie Coyote, the endearing golden retriever who was loyally at Don's side for more than a decade before the four-legged La Conner goodwill ambassador's death Feb. 15.

Variously described as a "godly creature" and "darling retriever," Brodie Coyote was the ideal model and photographer's sidekick. Coyote called him his newshound.

He didn't have a bad side and never took a bad photo.

The proof is in Don Coyote's...