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Local pup featured as adoptable pet at Puppy Bowl

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People congregated at Plata Coffee in Los Ranchos de Albuquerque on Sunday to meet a celebrity. No, it wasn’t an actor. It was a 9-year-old schnauzer mix named Lizzie. Lizzie is a dog at Watermelon Mountain Ranch, a no-kill animal shelter in Rio Rancho. Watermelon Mountain Ranch was chosen by Animal Planet’s Puppy Bowl producers to feature a dog during the Adoptables segment of the 2025 Puppy Bowl.
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Seven-year-old Elena Gallegos and her mother Samantha Gallegos pet 9-year-old schnauzer mix Lizzie, a dog at the Watermelon Mountain Ranch Sunday, Lizzie was selected to be featured during the Adoptables segment of the 2025 Puppy Bowl on Animal Planet.
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Nine-year-old schnauzer mix Lizzie peaked her head out of her stroller after being reveled at Plata Coffee. Lizzie, one of the adoptable pups from Watermelon Mountain Ranch, was part of the Puppy Bowl on Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025.
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Watermelon Mountain Ranch Executive Director Sara Heffern unveils 9-year-old schnauzer mix Lizzie. Lizzie was selected as an Adoptable pup from Watermelon Mountain Ranch to be part of the Puppy Bowl on Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025.
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Nine-year-old schnauzer mix Lizzie, an adoptable pup from the Watermelon Mountain Ranch. Lizzie was selected to be featured during the Adoptables segment of the 2025 Puppy Bowl on Animal Planet.
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Karen Sheff pets 9-year-old schnauzer mix Lizzie, who was selected to be featured during the Adoptables segment of the 2025 Puppy Bowl on Animal Planet.
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A Puppy Bowl watch party takes place at Plata Coffee on Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025.
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Nine-year-old schnauzer mix Lizzie enjoys a seat at Plata Coffee Sunday. Lizzie was selected to be featured during the Adoptables segment of the 2025 Puppy Bowl on Animal Planet.
Gregory Hasman
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Fans congregated at Plata Coffee in Los Ranchos de Albuquerque to meet a celebrity: 9-year-old schnauzer mix named Lizzie.

Lizzie is a dog at Watermelon Mountain Ranch, which was chosen by Animal Planet’s Puppy Bowl producers to feature a dog during the Adoptables segment of the 2025 Puppy Bowl.

“We are so excited to have been chosen to be featured during this year’s Puppy Bowl,” CEO and Founder of Watermelon Mountain Ranch Sophia DiClemente said in a news release. “The Animal Planet producers have been so great to work with, and we are so grateful to be able to showcase the Ranch and our community on national television.”

The Watermelon Mountain Ranch was founded in 1996 by Lee and Sophia DiClemente. What began as a grassroots effort with a small, dedicated group of volunteers has grown into New Mexico's Largest No Kill Animal Shelter

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