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GIVES A GLIMPSE OF HOW OPPOSITES ATTRACT. >> I GOT YOU A DUCK. >> QUACK, QUACK. JOHN: OH BY THE WAY, SAM IS A BORDER COLLIE USED TO HERD GOATS AT SPLIT CREEK FARM. AND RYAN IS A PEKING DUCK RESCUE WHO LIKES TO BATHE IN A KIDDIE POOL UNDER A TRE >> THEY ARE THICK AS THEIVES. JOHN: THIS IS THEIR PLAYFUL ROUTINE. RYAN ATTACKS SAM AND THEY PLAY BITE EACH OTHER. >> RYAN LOVES HIS DOG AND HIS DOG LOVES HIM. SO SAM WENT AWAY FOR TRAINING FOR ABOUT TWO MONTHS AND RYAN WAS LITERALLY BESIDE HIMSELF FOR THOSE TWO MONTHS. JOHN: BUT WHEN SAM RETURNED, SCENES LIKE THIS BEGAN AGAIN. >> RYAN SEEKS OUT SAM AND HE PREENS HIM AND CLEANS HIM, STICKS HIS BEAK DOWN SAM’S MOUTH. SAM WILL JUST LAY THERE. RYAN CLIMBS ALL OVER HIM. JOHN: THE DOCILE DOG IS OBVIOUSLY PATIENT WITH HIS FEATHERED FRIEND AND IRONICALLY, THE RELATIONSHIP THAT RYAN AND SAM HAVE CAN TEACH US HUMANS A THING OR TWO ABOUT GETTING ALONG. >> FRIENDSHIP SEES BEYOND BOUNDARIES AND OPINIONS, BARRIERS, BELIEFS, WHATEVER. THESE ARE TWO VERY DIFFERENT SPECIES THAT ARE VERY ATTACHED AND VERY BONDED, AND THEY DON’T CARE ABOUT THAT. JOHN: THEY CARE ABOUT EACH OTHER AND THAT’S SOMETHING TO QUACK AND WAG ABOUT. JOHN LYON, WYFF NEWS 4, ANDERSON COUN

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