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Description
Gotta give credit to for this pupper, since his suggestion of Lycanroc (and by extension Rockruff) for Dal was actually a really good match!

Personality-wise, Rockruff and Midday Lycanroc tick off a lot of boxes:

Rockruff
Excellent sense of smell ✔️
Some have reunited with their Trainer by following the faintest scent (parallel to Trainer!Dal's search for Valerie in the PMD AU) ✔️
Never forgets the kindness of others ✔️
Becomes more vicious as it matures ❌
Very loyal and will protect friends when they're threatened ✔️
One of its abilities is Keen Eye, something an aspiring Pokémon Doctor would need ✔️

Midday Lycanroc
Calm, collected, and avoids unnecessary fights ✔️
Prefers living alone, but is fiercely loyal to whoever it bonds with ✔️

(Lycanroc's list is shorter because I copy-pasted it from one of my replies and was comparing each of Lycanroc's forms, with Midday having the most checkmarks)

Again, it's a damn good match. Plus, both Rockruff and Lycanroc's shiny palettes are blue, so it suits Dal on an aesthetic level too! (With some minor alterations; the brown that's on a normal shiny Rockruff just... did not fit here =w="")

Also threw in a bit of Growlithe as well, mostly because Growlithe is also a good pupper and I like the claws on its front paws. Why Arcanine loses them upon evolution, I'll never know ;w;

Description
Gotta give credit to for this pupper, since his suggestion of Lycanroc (and by extension Rockruff) for Dal was actually a really good match!

Personality-wise, Rockruff and Midday Lycanroc tick off a lot of boxes:

Rockruff
Excellent sense of smell ✔️
Some have reunited with their Trainer by following the faintest scent (parallel to Trainer!Dal's search for Valerie in the PMD AU) ✔️
Never forgets the kindness of others ✔️
Becomes more vicious as it matures ❌
Very loyal and will protect friends when they're threatened ✔️
One of its abilities is Keen Eye, something an aspiring Pokémon Doctor would need ✔️

Midday Lycanroc
Calm, collected, and avoids unnecessary fights ✔️
Prefers living alone, but is fiercely loyal to whoever it bonds with ✔️

(Lycanroc's list is shorter because I copy-pasted it from one of my replies and was comparing each of Lycanroc's forms, with Midday having the most checkmarks)

Again, it's a damn good match. Plus, both Rockruff and Lycanroc's shiny palettes are blue, so it suits Dal on an aesthetic level too! (With some minor alterations; the brown that's on a normal shiny Rockruff just... did not fit here =w="")

Also threw in a bit of Growlithe as well, mostly because Growlithe is also a good pupper and I like the claws on its front paws. Why Arcanine loses them upon evolution, I'll never know ;w;