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What’s it like having an ‘outlaw dog’?

I almost forgot to write about this interesting meeting between my dog Red (Rednose – American Staffordshire Terrier Mix) and an unenlightened human, at my hair dresser’s about 2 months ago. I was late to my appointment and couldn’t drop off my dog at home, so I called the hair dresser and asked if I could bring […]

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Interview with ‘Pinups for Pitbulls’ – Advocacy and Artwork

Betty Grable, Marilyn Monroe, Diana Dors, Rita Hayworth… once posted in the lockers of G.I.s during World War II, today Pin Up Girls are taking new directions and themes. One of these exciting new directions comes from an organization I discovered a while ago. It’s Deirdre “Little Darling” Franklin’s organization, Pinups for Pitbulls, Inc.,  founded in 2005. I stumbled upon […]

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Moving with a Pit Bull or other (so-called) "Dangerous Breeds"

“We’re moving – we can’t find a landlord who’ll let us keep our dog.” Many landlords don’t allow children either but you’d never give up one of your kids if you couldn’t find the right apartment. — Pit Bull Rescue Central Last year we decided to move out of our current sweet little house to […]

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Craigslist’s shady pet advertisers contribute to mass killing of healthy animals [Updates]

We all love craigslist, right? When David and I first moved to the U.S., I always heard: “check craigslist” or “list it on craigslist.” It was very interesting that such a simply-designed platform is the most popular online classifieds marketplace. Easy to handle, you can get your product up and running to sell on the platform, […]

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Pictures of current Adoptable Shelter Dogs – East Valley Shelter/Van Nuys, CA

Hey Dog – Lovers, we’re reaching out to you with this weeks Adoptable Shelter Dogs. I visited the East Valley Animal Shelter, CA this morning and took some pictures. Great dogs are waiting for homes. Please help sharing! [nggallery id=55]

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Maxine – The Pit Bull ~ she never had a home

This is in Maxine’s honor, who waited for her forever home for 7 years and died without it. Please take 7 minutes to honor her memory by reading her story: Maxine was NOT one of the approx. 1200 Pit Bulls who die in the 12 government shelters in Los Angeles County EVERY WEEK. But she […]

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Donut's Story

Post by our friend Ingrid: DONUT, NOW ABOUT 1 YEAR OLD, WAS DUMPED INTO WEST LA SHELTER. In October 2010, I had networked a mother dog and her two pups (then 12 weeks old) . A homeless family, living in an RV found the mother dog pregnant and she gave birth to several pups in […]

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A powerful documentary film – The practice of puppy mills – Please help sharing!

Tonight on HBO – at 8pm – August, 24  Dog Lovers- Dog Advocates – Animal Activists – Dear Friends and Supporters  If nothing matters – there is nothing to save! Please, please, please share and use the power of Social Media! I just found this and I really want to encourage everybody to support and create a buzz about it. From […]

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Today is Pit Bull Appreciation Day

Appreciation of a loving home – RED after 3 months. Our new family member Red is still adapting to all the new things in his teenager life. He had a lot of “first-time” moments and has done, mostly, a great job. I’m very glad that we could give him the chance to show what a […]

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Speaking Up for Z

We love this entry from guest blogger Katie Jockers at endurapet.com and Beloved Beasts… very important words about believing in – and speaking up for – pit bulls, animals and the mission to save lives. Thank you, Katie! – Rufino and Yurda [from Katie:] An interesting thing happened last week: I exited the grocery store […]