FARGO — He’s exactly the color of dark chocolate, and little Ames the chocolate lab-pit bull cross really couldn’t be sweeter.

He’s a bundle of kisses, snuggles, wiggles and hugs, and at five months old, he’s already ahead of the pack with his potty-training and new people skills.

He gets along well with other dogs, loves all kinds of people, and while Homeward Animal Shelter volunteers haven’t had a chance to test his cat skills yet, they think he’d be pretty excited to have a cat to play with.

Ames came to the shelter by way of the pound, and so while they don’t have much information on his past, they put his age at about five months.

That means that’s he’s still very much a puppy, and as a larger breed, he likely won’t reach full maturity until he’s closer to two years old.

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