08/06/2026
SIT.STAY.SHOP🐾: Meet five of Charlotte’s most beloved shop dogs.
🐶🐶NACHO AND SCOUT, Blackhawk Hardware and Garden Center Blackhawk Hardware
Official Titles: Colonel Nacho and Sergeant Scout, commanders of customer smiles and fur-ocious protectors of the store
Make a visit to Blackhawk Hardware, and you’re sure to see the store’s two favorite employees, Nacho and Scout. Nacho, a 7-year-old goldendoodle, is the big, loveable dope of the pair, while Scout, a rescue that might be part poodle, is described as an old, wise man.
The two have a set routine, starting their day by visiting the store’s lower-level cashiers’ station to get a pet from longtime employee Carrie. Then it’s on to visit Donald, the store’s official greeter (well, the one on payroll at least). After those duties are done, the rest of the day is spent trying to collect as much adoration as possible.
“They have a habit of finding the most inconvenient place to plop down so everyone has to pet them,” co-owner Andy Wilkerson says. They have mapped out where they can get the most attention, but we actually get calls to make sure the dogs are here before people come in.”
Nacho and Scout can be mischievous, though. The dynamic duo once figured out they could “borrow” rawhide chews from the pet department. Wilkerson couldn’t figure out why so many went missing until an employee caught Nacho in the act.
✍️ Elliott Harrell
📸 Olly Yung
