Dog Day Afternoon at Coney Island of Brooklyn

By night, Sunny, a 12-year-old Rottweiler,is the ferocious protector of Deno's Wonder Wheel in Coney Island. By day, the 125-pound pooch sleeps peacefully in a specially designed car of the Ferris wheel, riding round and round like a paying customer.

"Some people think it's funny, some people think it's cruel, but the dog thinks otherwise," said Amos Crowley, 61, who has worked at Deno's for the past 10 years...

Indeed, the Vourderises keep Sunny in the car despite the fact that she actually loses them money. A full Ferris wheel car holds six people, who each pay $6 to ride. "That's $36 every five minutes if you're running at full capacity," said Dennis with a shrug.

"But it's something that we have to continue," said Dennis. "It's like an old fisherman who goes to the same spot. We have our way of doing things. It's our tradition; it's not about dollars and cents."

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