GREEN BAY, Wis. (WFRV) – Packers fans might recognize one of the smallest – and furriest – superfans outside Lambeau Field.

Vinnie James, a 12-year-old chihuahua, has been rolling around home games in a football-shaped cooler for nearly a decade. His owner, Gloria Baenen, says her daughter first found the timid pup on Craigslist, and since then, he’s become a staple of the game-day experience.

“We love putting smiles on people’s faces,” Gloria said. “And I think he’s beginning to like the attention.”

Each game day, Gloria says it takes nearly two hours to make one lap around the stadium, stopping for pictures every few feet. Some fans have been following Vinnie for years.

“Last year a gentleman came up to me with his son,” she said. “He told me, ‘I brought him here when he was four yea

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