Emma, our rambunctious mutt puppy, came to us via a local shelter. She's an unspecified hound/bully breed mix -- we're guessing Rhodesian ridgeback mixed with boxer, bull mastiff, or pit bull, but we don't know for sure. She's growing like a weed, so she'll be a big girl. Emma's favorite things include anything peanut butter-flavored, meeting new people, chasing her blue and white tennis ball, and dragging her blue stuffed octopus toy around with her wherever she goes.










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