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Olive is a greyhound who lives with Melissa Helwig, a librarian at the W.K. Kellogg Health Sciences Library.
Name: Olive (aka Secret Agent Mya)
Nickname: Turkey, Schnickelfritz, “The Precious”. Her racing name was Secret Agent Mya so some friends call her Secret Agent Olive.
Species/breed: Greyhound. She was born in Florida and raced in Palm Beach, Florida before coming to Nova Scotia to be adopted in November 2019.
Age: She just turned five in December, her gait makes her seem a little older as pre-adoption she suffered a leg break.
Fave food: She loves all food but sardines, marshmallows, and peanut butter are favourites.
Special tricks: Olive has mastered "lay down" and she is great at making friends with the neighbours who have treats in their pockets.
Best quality: Olive is a wonderful mix of happy, goofy, and sassy. She is a master at cleaning out the final bits of a peanut butter jar before it gets recycled. She also is known for her expert roaching (sleeping on her back with all 4 legs in the air) on the day bed in my office.
Social media platform or handle, if available: Her Instagram account is: @bluenose_olive
Don't forget to check out the previous pets we've featured this month — Penny, Toby, Lily and Luna, Moo-Joe, Mudkip, Rocky, Angus, Metadata Futurecat, Tobi Ezkiel, Cider, Winston, Nacho Kitty and Mr. Biscuits, Noah, Malachi, Oliver and Finnley, Henry, Tilly and Cosmo — as well as pets from previous months:
The month in pets: January
The month in pets: February
The month in pets: March
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