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Day 10: Case Study of a Busted Dog

Question: How is Jo, a former fighting pit bull, different from other dogs?
Jo is smaller than I thought she’d be. She has triangular, shar-pei like ears that meet in the middle of her forehead when she’s thinking and that can stand straight up when I’m bored. Jo is pudgy, which seems strange until you realize [...]

What happens when a porcupine and a Rottweiler meet?

Meet the newest addition to our program. Yet to be named, she is settling in quite nicely in her foster home. Special thanks to Tri County Humane Society for giving this girl a chance and calling us!
It seems a woman went out to her barn one morning and found Quill (one of the names being [...]

And they’re here!

Pre-Date Jitters

Today, I decided to pick out a collar for my soon-to-be arriving bust dog, Jo. I dumped all 50+ of them on the floor and started digging. Finally, I had it narrowed down to two: a lovely silken black with a gold bamboo and Chinese coin design, or a sky blue collar with cheery sock [...]

In Our Own Backyard

That day in July you could have knocked us over with a feather. You know the day, we have talked about it here quite a bit and remember Minnow? For those of us in rescue you hear “hundreds of pit bulls seized” your heart stops for a moment. Hundreds of pit bulls seized. As [...]

The Face of Dog Fighting

One pit, Two pit, Red pit, Blue pit…

New forum visitor Natalie wrote this Dr. Seuss inspired little gem.  And I know they aren’t pits but I could resist the Thing 1 & Thing 2 Doxis. Enjoy.

One pit, two pit, red pit, blue pit.
Black pit, white pit, old pit, new pit.
Some are red and some are blue.
Some are old and some are new.
Some [...]

To Louis with Love

There really are such wonderful people in the world. It is so easy to lose sight of that when we hear stories of horrible abuse. Seeing a happy healthy and obviously well loved Louis was just what I needed on a cold, wet, dreary Minnesota day.