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| photos from the shelter/Petfinder.com |
at home |
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| in our hometown of Ventura, CA |
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| with a Dairy Queen Dilly Bar |
on a Florida roadtrip |
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Dilly appears to be a Rat Terrier and either an Italian Greyhound or Basenji mix. She is about eight years old. I adopted her in December 2017. She was turned in to the Humane Society of Tuolumne County in Jamestown, CA when her owner could not find homes for her and her two brothers. Known at the shelter as "Vixey", she was the biggest of the three puppies. She had been at the shelter for about a month before I came along. I had been diligently searching for a Jack Russell Terrier rescue for about eight months with no luck. Browsing through the Rat Terriers at Petfinder.com, I saw her photos (see above) and instantly fell in love. I drove up that weekend to adopt her. That JRT would have to wait.
She settled in quickly with the rest of the crew. At first, Grizzy was a bit sulky about the addition but he got over it quickly. Dilly weighs about 18 pounds. She can run very fast and can jump sky high. She is crazy about food which made training tricks a breeze. She was initially afraid of cars and car rides, as well as men and children. But all of those fears are long gone now. She still can't handle loud noises (fireworks, gunshots, smoke detectors, etc.) and it can take what feels like an hour for her to stop panting and trembling. She has a very high-pitched, silly bark. She loves hiking and exploring new places. She pulls like a maniac on leash and I really just let ignore it. She needs a lot of exercise and is Orbit's best friend. She worships me and always keeps me in sight at all times.
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