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He began life among latte-sipping Aucklanders, took up residence in a fine hotel and is now immortalised in the minds of New Plymouth people.

Glengarry, the west highland terrier owned and loved by local restaurateur and hotelier Terry Parkes, died on Tuesday after 13 full years. Condolence messages have come from around the country and overseas.

Many talk of Glengarry's unconditional love; others mention the bond between pet and owner.

He lived at the Nice Hotel with Mr Parkes and used to sit in a front window. Central city workers who passed him every day had left flowers, cards and dog bones in a rock outside the hotel. "It was like a Princess Diana memorial," said Mr Parkes. MORE>>