A scared dog who is terrified of everything just like Scooby-Doo is desperate to find a new owner to love her.
Betsy – a whippet lurcher cross – has been looking for a home for almost a year – 350 days.
The two-year-old was beaten as a puppy and was taken into kennels when she was just four-months-old.
But she is petrified of things like waking up somewhere new or getting into a vehicle.
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It has made it hard for her to be adopted.
![Betsy, a scared whippet lurcher cross, seeks a loving home with a confident dog to help her overcome fears after nearly a year in kennels. Currently at RSPCA Great Ayton.](https://whatsthejam.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Real-life-Scooby-Doo-who-is-terrified-of-everything-looking-for-new-owner-4-1024x768.jpg)
But experts at the RSPCA hope that a family with another dog – like a Scrappy-Doo – might hold the key.
Betsy is currently at the Great Ayton Animal Centre, in the village Great Ayton, North Yorks.
An RSPCA spokesperson said: “Scared of everything at first.
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“Betsy takes confidence from other dogs so we ideally want to re-home her to a home with a confident dog already situated.
“Hopefully this will help her come out of her shell quicker and she can learn from the other dog that life isn’t quite so scary.”
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They added: “She has made great progress, but sadly there’s been very little interest in Betsy since.
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Emma Cosby, Behaviour Welfare Advisor at the centre, said: “Betsy’s had a sad start to life and she lacked a lot of early socialisation that most puppies her age would have had.
“Leaving her unsure of the wider world, so we’ve done a lot of work to help build up her confidence.
“She was scared of everything at first and struggled to do certain things like walking into a room she was unfamiliar with or getting into the back of a van.
“She’s still a little nervous but she’s come a very long way.”
Betsy needs a home with a big garden but with no young children, as reported by What’s The Jam.
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In the cult kids’ TV show Scooby-Doo, the title character. is a large Great Dane who is easily scared.
But he is often calmed down by the much smaller Scrappy-Doo.
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