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| Name: |
Dixie Doodle
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Age: |
Eighteen months old
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| Gender: |
Female |
Breed: |
Lab, Whippet mix |
| Home: |
Ellicott City, Maryland, USA |
This
is a picture of Dixie at four months old on the day she was adopted
from the Baltimore City SPCA. She was the only female left from an
abandoned litter of nine, and even though she was the littlest one, she
kept her five brothers at bay until she was finished eating. We thought
she was a lab/Dalmatian mix, but as she grew, our vet told us she's
mostly whippet. He said that would explain those ears!
She loves sticks and pine cones, prancing around like a show horse when
she finds such a treasure. She also cries - practically sobs - whenever
she gets a new toy. We have relatives who buy her toys just to watch
her walk around with them and cry - it's funny stuff. Dixie is very
sensitive, so we have to be careful about how we discipline her, or
we'll upset her and she'll sulk. She took well to crate training, and
runs into her crate as soon as she can tell we're getting ready to
leave. (Or we can tell her to go to her room, and she runs in there.)
She's a well behaved princess.
Dixie loves to hug her close people friends. She grabs us around the
neck and snuggles, and tries to kiss us in our ears. She loves her new
little brother Gilbert, a dachshund/Jack Russell mix with a curly tail
from our local Animal Rescue. They've invented several "games" with
rules that they take seriously, such as the one where they both growl
and run around the dining room table, till Gilbert runs into the living
room under a chair, at which point Dixie is to wait till he pops out and
chases her around the table again. Must be more fun than it sounds,
because they play it constantly. They are proof that the best way to
get a new pet is adoption. Check the rescue organizations and animal
shelters for your new life-long friends and save a life or two while
you're at it!
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