Blue Dog is dressed for the season. It’s Mardi Gras 2015 Blue Dog. Creating a Blue Dog for Carnival has been a tradition since 1992 for Blue Dog artist George Rodrigue. Rodrigue died more than a year ago, but his son Jacques Rodrigue keeps the tradition going by releasing Mardi Gras dogs to celebrate his dad’s legacy. WGNO News with a Twist features reporter Wild Bill Wood has gone to the dogs, the Blue Dogs.