NAME: Dizzy

NICKNAMES: Dizzy Monster, Muttyface

OWNER: Baltimore Sun reporter and B'More Green blogger Meredith Cohn

HOW THEY MET: Horrified by the images from Hurricane Katrina, human and canine, we responded when the Maryland SPCA called for volunteers to foster dogs the group saved from New Orleans. Dizzy, named for jazz great Dizzy Gillespie, was a 9-month-old black and tan ball of scared.

He had been beat up and wouldn’t sleep or let his new dad near him. He also wouldn’t eat, except for the random piece of furniture or clothing, and on the anniversary of the storm, a big piece of drywall. After a lot of love and patience, Dizzy became happy, hungry – and ours permanently.

AGE: 4

HOME: Federal Hill

BREED: Junkyard

FAVORITE FOOD: Whatever his pal Chi Chi’s mom has in her pocket. And anything he finds on the sidewalk.

BEST TRICK: Toss a cookie and he catches it, no matter your aim.

FAVORITE ACTIVITIES: Circling the field at top speed in Riverside Park with his pals Hank and Sophie. Sitting on the sofa with his lady friends Erin and Anne. Napping in our bed. And scoring a treat from Chi Chi’s mom.

IF DIZZY HAD A MOTTO FOR LIFE, IT WOULD BE: You gonna eat that?

Photos courtesy of Doug Beizer

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