Just 15 months old and already weighing more than 65 pounds, Sasha already looks well beyond her age. But at least once a week, the golden-coloured rescue with the dark muzzle makes it clear she’s still a puppy through and through.

“Whenever it’s time to go to Kings Mill, she acts like we’re taking her to Disneyland,” said her owner, Christine Carter.

Carter regularly takes Sasha, a lively cross between a German shepherd and Shiba Inu, to burn off steam at the off-leash