Name: Delia

Breed: Doberman/German shepherd mix

Age: 3 yrs 3 months

Parents: unknown

Siblings: unknown

Eye color: Brown

Voice: Laura Pausini (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWxuwefVDro)

Mate: none (deceased); now, it's Blan (c) Kirbieness

Friend: Blan (c) Kirbieness

Likes: Blan, making others laugh and smile

Dislikes: being reminded of her mate's death, knowing her pups will grow up not knowing their father, not being understood sometimes

Personality: Likes to talk, preferably loud. She has a huge temper, and expresses her feelings as she pleases. As well, she can be warm, passionate, playful, sensitive, charming, and emotional. She is very animated when she talks. She likes to smile, and is generous, sunny, communicative, and romantic. She is slightly clumsy, as well as easily upset.

History: Delia was born on the streets of Livorno, Italy, in 1991, and was the only one of her mother's litter to survive. A couple months later, she was rescued by a local veterinarian, who took her in and adopted her. A little more than a year later, her owner moved to San Francisco after finding a better-paying job listed on the internet, and took Delia with them.

     A few months after the move, she met an Airedale terrier in the local dog park; it was a case of love at first sight, and the Airedale (named Atlas) instantly had a crush on her. Each time Delia's owner took her to the dog park, Delia and Atlas met, and soon Delia starts to fall for him. As the months went by, Delia's feelings for Atlas grew stronger, as did Atlas's feelings for her. Soon, the two became mates, and just a few months later, the two decided to become parents. But a couple days later, Atlas was hit by a car and didn't make it. Delia was devastated. Her mate, the love of her life, was dead. Their pups would grow up fatherless. Delia cried and remembered every moment they had together. She couldn't bear to watch Atlas being buried, it was just too painful for her to watch.

     About a week later, the morning sickness started, but went away after another week. One evening a few days later, while she was sitting in front of Atlas's grave marker, a dog walking by came over after seeing she was upset. They asked Delia what was wrong, but she didn't answer them, just turned her eyes to look at him. A few minutes later Delia told him, in her best English (which wasn't that good). A little more than a week later, Delia (now a month pregnant) and the other dog (named Blan) were friends. As the days went by, their friendship turned into love. Blan fell for the beautiful Italian mixed-breed first, and soon Delia started to fall for him as he helped her through this hard time in her life. When Blan first noticed Delia was pregnant, about two weeks after they first met her (and a week after they became friends), he decided to stay with her and be a father figure for her pups when after they were born, and soon he and Delia became mates.

One morning a month later, while sleeping in her dog-bed in her owner's home, Delia was woken up by labor pains, and realized it was time. The last of her four pups is born less than two hours later.

Relation to ADGTH: Her friend's friend's father works for Carface

*Speaks Italian, knows a very small amount of English.