Kindly neighbors seeking home for shot dog

YOUNGSTOWN

Billie Jean is making herself at home at a house on the North Side.

Her blanket is beside the fireplace in the living room, and some of her favorite stuffed animals are there too.

Every now and again, she rubs her back on the rug and make sounds like a contented bear.

She likes to lie out in the driveway on her back, absorbing the sunshine.

There are some friendly cats there, and a couple of other dogs that like her fine.

There’s even a whole group of people who look out for her and love her.

She’s feeling quite comfortable now with Tess Tessier and Tara McKibben, who have taken her in.

The problem is, even though she’s making herself at home, she’s not at home. Not yet.

Tessier and McKibben love her, but they can’t keep her.

Billie Jean, a year-old hound who seems to be part pit bull, part beagle, has moved up in the world — just weeks ago, she was a hurt, homeless stray hanging around the tennis court at Crandall Park. But she still has one more move to make — to a permanent home.

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