But now, a viral post on X (formerly Twitter) has called his dog Scout into question. The post shows two side-by-side tweets from Walz posing with "Scout" — but both photos show a different dog.

Tim Walz was lying about owning a dog named Scout. “Yes, this is Tim Walz tweeting about his dog Scout,” Dustin Grage posted. “Only problem is that these are two completely different dogs.” ...

Rather, this new rumor involved Walz and his family's dog: a black Labrador mix named Scout. The rumor began on Aug. 26 — National Dog Day — when X user and Honeyhive Strategies president ...

In addition to being an athlete and a musician, Wagner is a boy scout. Knowing that dog parks are hard to come by in small towns, he thought this would make for a great Eagle Scout project.