THE most popular employee at the Barrier Stationers on Argent Street is so admired that visitors stop in to see her even when they aren’t shopping.

Maggie the Maltese Shih Tzu sits on the counter in the window of the newsagent, ready to greet customers with likes in return for pats.

Her owners Helen and Richard say she learned to be a shop dog from the best.

“Peppa was the original shop dog...