Zero

Zero is Rose's friend and eventual mate

## Personality

Zero is a sweet pup who tries to put on a tough facade to keep out of trouble while he's out on on the streets, though he's not entirely successful at it. In reality he's a bit timid and skittish, but will puff out his chest and put on a brave face if he feels the need to. He isn't one to argue and tends to let others walk over him in order to avoid a fight.  Zero will bottle his opinions and emotions until he ends up boiling over and takes it out by tearing things up or digging holes. He's very talkative to those he's close to. He tries to act like a bit of a charmer and will flirt with pups he finds cute, though if he truly has feelings for the other pup he becomes super flustered and will stutter over his words.

## Appearance

Zero is a brittany spaniel/labrador mixed breed with a light cream base coat with several orange patches all over his body. his main features being freckles around his muzzle and nose, the tip of his left ear, his whole right ear, his chest, a patch on his left eye, his rear, and the tip of his tail. He has bright blue eyes and a brown nose. Eventually he wears an Orange collar and a golden diamond tag

## Bio

**Bio**

Zero was born into a breeder's home, where he was sold to a nice family as a pet for their children when he was able to leave his mother. He lived happily there for about a month before the family was set to move to a bigger house for the newest member of the family arriving soon. When it came time for them to move, Zero was spooked by a thunderstorm while the family was walking outside and squirmed out of his owners' arms, running as fast as he could down the road. Being a very small pup, Zero was terrified of the looming people and cars over him as he ran, terrified out of his mind as he bolted into town. especially when a man with a net started rushing after him, for the family had yet to get his new tag and collar shipped in to their new home. because he wasn't often outside enough to know the route back to his new home or his owner's previous home, Zero was hopelessly lost.

Soon after he finds some shelter for the night he meets a pup named Shard and becomes his friend as they both search for someplace to go. As the days pass, the boys keep each other company as they seek shelter and food with each other. During the day, Zero and Shard cautiously wander the town, attempting to find Zero's family since Zero doesn't quite like venturing out into the busy street by himself. While being out on the street, Zero catches glimpses of Rose as she takes walks with her family, falling head over tail for the Cockerspaniel mix but never had a real chance to talk to her until she runs into him on the streets all alone a few weeks later. He agrees to help her in her search for her brother, teaching her about the best places to go around town to avoid the human traffic and the best places to get fresh food. He tells her about his family as he helps her in her search and leads her to Buster, who he assumes would know the best place to go. When Rose goes missing after Buster takes her for a walk, Zero grows frantic and asks Shard to help him search for her and the two boys split up and search the town. Zero sees Buster showing off Rose's collar to Tramp, growing more and more suspicious as he races off in search for her. Both he and Shard have no luck and stop for the night and in turn search for food, though Zero hardly has an appetite as his stomach churns in worry. But things turn out well as he and Shard find them walking back home the next morning- and he quickly runs to Rose, giving her a tearful hug as he tells her how worried he had been. It isn't until a few days later that Zero meets up with Rose again. As he and Shard were searching for her the next morning, Zero hears a familiar voice calling to him as Shard runs off and hides at the sound of a human's voice. It was his family! Zero runs towards the two little girls that spotted him, jumping into the oldest girls' arms with his tail wagging like crazy. He meets Rose again a few days later as he was patrolling his new neighborhood with his shiny new collar, excited to find that he had moved a few houses down from the Darling family. While his friend Shard was too distrusting of finding a new home initially, he and Rose were able to convince him to give another family a chance and the friends grow up together in the same area.

## Trivia

* he's terrified of dogcatchers
* was abandoned when his family moved away and he's spent months trying to find them until he just gave up
* based off of a cute little dog i met at the dog park
* he's friends with Shard
* He loves to dig holes and chase little rodents
* Is also terrified of horses

## Gallery

showing around the parkscreenshot edit attempt where I draw my OC into the picture and make them look like part of the scenegift from Essansee on deviantartold unfinished sketch of Zero and RoseAnother gift from Essansee when we talked about how our boys Kilian and Zero seemed alike in personality and slight look wisea thing i did for OC takeover week- The pups rush to meet up with ZeroA thing for OC takeover week, Angel and Scamp have been helping Zero plan something for RoseOld ref from 20132020 reference sheet