The dog’s final resting spot was completed with a plaque honoring and explaining his importance to the men who worked alongside him. That little plaque paying homage to the dog that brought so many people happiness went without one complaint for almost 40 years. Not One! Not until the 1980’s when a Wisconsin socialist named Clarence Kailin with apparently too much time on his hands, started a letter-writing campaign to get the plaque honoring the dog removed. Claiming the Dog’s name was racist.