He was a puppy when he came in and has grown up in the South Bend Animal Resource Center. Merlin is now 1 year old. The shelter says he can be a little shy when you first meet him but will warm up ...

My dog, a 4-year-old whippet called Merlin, occasionally seems to select and eat goosegrass (Galium aparine) from a hedgerow, carefully pulling out stalks and ignoring the other plants surrounding it.