Lily

A hazel eyed fawn colored wonderful best friend!

We were living in Brooklyn at time,on gorgeous tree lined brownstone block.
As we did everyday at 5 PM when I got home from work Lily and I went on our usual walk around they neighborhood so she could greet all of her friends. Lee, the green grocer who would save bacon from the morning breakfast crowd and give it t...

Buster

100 Pound Pitbull, Seal Colored with White Markings (his tuxedo!)

My Buster is my BEST FRIEND! I do not know what I would do without him. He is always there to put a smile on my face no matter what kind of day I have had. He is the sweetest dog I could have ever asked for. Many are intimidated by his size until he plops on their lap and overwhelms them with his kisses :)

Adi

male

Adi was adopted by us 4 years ago, just before Christmas. He was then 3 and a half years old, skinny and miserable. Look at him now-happy and spoiled-he is our treasure. He sleeps with us, plays with us, but most of all loves to watch over "his" street from the windowsill where I made a daybed for him. I feel so pr...

Iggy

100lb Pitbull mix

My best guess is that Iggy is a Pit Bull, Mastiff and American Bulldog mix, with perhaps a smattering of Dogo Argentino. His parents were picked up by Dog Control off the streets of Manhattan. His dad was euthanized immediately, which unfortunately, is not uncommon for dogs that fall under the category, Pit Bull, or...

Samuel

White with hazel eyes, pink piggy skin and tan bulleye around right eye

My husband and I have shared our lives with Golden Retrievers and cat's for the past 11 1/2 yrs. Goldens have always been our first love ...until Samuel came into our live's as a 4-5 month old pup. A friend who does Rescue found Samuel in a remote area and took him home to foster and adopt out. My friend bec...

Jade

fascinating fawn female

Jade came into my life very unexpectedly. I was already owned by three dogs and was not looking to be owned by yet another! Jade was given up by her previous owner and through a sequence of events, I ended up with a beautiful fawn four-month-old pit bull puppy with green eyes. She was so beautiful but I did not k...

LEILA

2 YR OLD RED NOSE AMERICAN PIT

I was sleeping one Sat. morning, content in bed with my 5 others, and the phone rang. It was one of my rescue friends in Queens desperate for someone to pick up a Pit Bull on death row, set to be euth'd at 7:00PM that night. Of course i jumped up & offered my help. I needed specifics on this dog to ID her and agree...

Achilles

All my life I wanted a dog but my parents never gave in. So when I was 27 and had the means and lifestyle to properly care for a dog, I went down to the St. Petersburg Animal Services with my boyfriend and niece (who would have to approve of any dog I got). Even though I've always wanted a furry friend, this was an ...

Cinnamon

Red haired beauty who steals hearts as well as cookies, candy, toys, balls, etc.

In October of 2003 I lost my husband of 20 years. It was a tough road, especially for my kids. My son was a freshman at college. Besides being away from home for the first time, he was also dealing with the loss of his father. My daughter Taylor was a month shy of her 7th birthday. With my son away, we went from ...

Mackenzie

Pit Mix, our Pretty Pitty with all the love in the world

Mackenzie's mother was rescued from euthanasia at a NYC shelter. I can only imagine the journey before she arrived in my small hometown. If she hadn't been rescued, my life wouldn't be the same. She's a furry family member with all the heart and emotion of a passionate person. And her love is so unconditional. When ...

Luke

Light Brown Brindle with a white chest.

There are so many stories about Luke. He's an amazing dog, with an amazing temperment. I swear he thinks all mammals are dogs, and doesn't understand when they want to play. I seen him let mice eat from his dish and drink from his water bowl. (I wasn't too thrilled, but he didn't care.)

So, we live next in an old...

Jasmine

White with buff spots and big ears

I found Jasmine bee-bopping down the middle of the road as I headed home one morning after going to the gym. I immediately pulled my car over, stopped traffic in both directions and knelt down as put my hand out for her to sniff. She came up ratherly coyly, sniffed my hand, then she licked my hand, and then she lick...

Daisy

Brindle

My husband kept bugging me to get a dog. I'd never had animals as a kid growing up so I never knew the joy they could bring into a home. It was over one week end when my husband was out of town that an email came to me from a friend of a friend about a dog that needed a home. I looked longingly at the photo of this ...

Isaac

Buckskin w/ black mask and white trim-

He was only 10 weeks old, but it seemed Isaac knew we were meant for each other right from the start. Upon meeting, he climbed into my lap and gave me a very gentle kiss. When I finally got up to leave some time later he tried to squeeze underneath the kennel door to follow me and promptly got stuck. We have been in...

Madeline aka Maddie or The Divine Miss M.

White w/ brown patches and the worlds best ears!

Maddie wasn't supposed to stay. In fact, I would often refer to her as Madeline NOT Fraser, as if I could somehow convince myself that this naughty little dog hadn't charmed her way into my heart. She was a foster, a foster, a foster, until she went on a trial adoption. I cried every night for a week before she left...

Gizmo

We adopted Gizmo from our local shelter when he was just 6 weeks old after receiving a call from a friend at the shelter that they had a pit bull who needed a special home. Someone dropped him off with his jaw broken in 2 places (from blunt force trauma, according to the vet). He was so little and full of life. Whoe...

Onyx P. Jordan

Pitbrador (Pit mix)

Meet Onyx, or as we call him "BooBoo the Wonder Dog". After a year in a small cage in a bad kennel, a rescue found him - and we found them. At about a year and 1/2, we had no idea what we were adopting - and wound up with the cuddliest, most loving dog we could have imagined. 3 1/2 years ago he was diagnosed with bl...

Maxwell

Pit Boxer Lover (with some extra baggage)

My wife, my roomates at the time, and I saved Maxwell from a shelter in North Haven, Connecticut. We rescued him approximitely seven years ago while we we're in college. His nickname in the shelter was 'handsome dan' and they found him behind the local movie theatre (our guess is that he was looking for artificial ...

Charlie Girl

Tan and white rescue puppy

My husband and I went into PetSmart to buy cat food and we just "happened" to look at the Trenton Animal Shelter Adopt-a-Dogs. Well, when I saw Charlie, I just had to go over to her, and when I did, she just put her little paws up on my shoulders. I held her and felt her warm belly against mine and that was "it" fo...

buster, shorty, boo, and rockie

cuties

no story just love showin off my pack, we are in the new issue of the american dog magazine with barach obama on the cover, page 88 and 92
we have a calendar too.
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Princess Kiki

Black & White Amstaff with heart of gold

What do you call a dog that brought me out of depression and gave me hope again?
What do you call a dog that views everyone as a friend even though found abused on the streets of LA?
What do you call a dog that is welcome with open arms in 5 star hotels despite being over the weight limit?
What do you call a dog ...

Agatha

PitBox

I decided to foster a dog mid last year, as it was my BIG wish to have a dog again, after so many years without a four-pawed soul. Manhattan apartments are small, but the railroad configuration allows a dog to run around quite freely....so, I heard of Agatha, a Pitbull Boxer Mix, which was supposed to be put down th...

Babar

Rednose, neutered male

Back 5 yrs ago, while working with a Pit Rescue Org here in Central MA., Babar was found in a dog pound, with Parvo, pneumonia, and other assorted issues. He was about 9 wks old at the time. He was rescued and saved him from being put down even though he was tagged to "not make it". After lots of Vet care he reco...

Juliette

Candidate and Story

There is a saying that "things happen for a reason." It's definitely true! My mommy keeps telling me that the best thing that has happened in her life was finding me. She often says that I have changed her life so much that she cannot thank me enough. Wow! I must have been doing something really good then. :)

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Lily

White

We named our dog Lily because of the obvious- she is Lily white!!!! But, little miss michief doesn't always like to stay that way, so we have to give her frequent baths to keep her coat so beautiful. After awhile, Lily got so used to her baths that she really grew to love them. Now, whenever she hears the water runn...

RUFUS

TAN AND WHITE

Rufus"The Pit Bull Who Loved Me"!I'am always on the internet and myspace looking at all the pit bull's that have been mistreated,killed,and that need to be rescued in shelter's in the u.s.One day after work i got on my computer to check e-mails and bullentin's on myspace.There was a bullentin that a guy had posted a...

Ripley James

Black and White old man

Ripley James came into my life a throw away pet. He was 14 yrs old, 20 lbs underweight and heartworm positive. None of those things broke this dog's spirit. Ripley changed everyone's mind on what a Pit Bull is, he had a way of just sitting there and just listening to how bad or good your day was and could fix jus...

Tanner Bean

Red Brindle and White

Tanner Bean came to me because his past family got a new puppy and didnt need Bean any more and he was dropped at the shelter. He was 10 yrs old at the time and had been just left in the backyard. When I looked further into his background I realized he was from the same yard as my old man I had adopted a year befo...

Hailey

blue and white apbt female

I drove from Rhode Island to Virginia to pick up this little sweatheart! Meet Hailey! A 1.5 year old blue and white APBT. She is such a great dog. We do everything together, go to the bank, dunkin donuts, petstores(of course), and she is my copilot at all times! We have made so many friends, and she is so well s...

Momma Dog

White with a few black spots

I am 12 years old.Me and my sister were very young when we got our pitt.We dont know her story before we got her.Bu,she was in labor and someone came in the room where she was about to give birth and then she snapped at the person(But she diddnt bite) that came into the room.And then they took her to the pound and t...

Pickle

Red nosed/lab or something mix

On January 25, 2008, in a matter of 3 hours, I went from being a cat's human to a dog's human. Early that morning I woke to find that my cat, Maggie, had died. She was an old stray, abandoned by neighbors years before, and her death was not unexpected. But it still hit hard. After burying her in the back yard I sat ...

Lucky

Female Brundle

My four month old pit is my little entourage that dwells everywhere I step, and collapses everywhere I lay. She is beyond a best friend, she is my “soul-dog” (if there is such a thing). I just don’t know how I ever got through life without her!!! Cheers to my four legged queen!!!

Geronimo

fawn colored male

In December 2008, we needed to let my adopted Boxer go after being with us for 9 years, it broke my heart. I have not been without a dog by my side since I was 12 years old. As we did in the past, we decided to adopt. After all the press about the Vick dogs and with a good friend of mine owner several bullies, ...

Brinks

One baby boy...and one gentle friend and protector.

As a mother at first I was reluctant to own a pit bull. At the time we brought Brinks our brindle pit our son Landon was just over a year old and weighing 17lbs. The short story is Landon was born 3 months premature and was the happiest baby boy you could ever imagine. We knew there were going to be struggles alo...

Bella

Black with white paws and white chest patch

I've never been a dog person let alone a pit bull person. If someone would have told me that one day I'd be bringing one home for my 6 year old son I would've said you are crazy. I really didn't know anything about the breed beside the well known media hype and honestly wasn't interested anyway.In 2005 my son was di...

Bull

White/Red Brindle

Not very exciting but I have adopted my best friend. We got him from a shelter & looked at various dogs, but Bull was the only one to come right up to me & like my face before exploring the enclosure. Since then we go on walks 3 times a day & he follows me everywhere, even waiting in the bathroom doorway while i sho...

Cracker

Red nose pit mix girl

Cracker comes form Trenton, NJ municipal shelter, she was our foster. Her full shelter name was Firecracker and it truly fits her personality. She has a "sister" Pepper and despite all stereotypes and warnings they do great together (even though the antics in the back yard sometimes might look scary to non pit owne...

Bailey aka Beatle

Very dark brindle and white with the face of a model

"Purchaser turned rescue volunteer"
My husband had always wanted a pit bull. Being oblivious to the stereotypes I was fine when he called to tell me that he was going to look at a litter of pups. When I came home to an 8 week old female whom was asleep on the couch I melted. My life was forever changed. Bailey and ...

Teddy

1 year old goofball

I found Teddy a little over a year ago, when he was 9 weeks old, at a rescue event. I found out that he and two brothers had been dumped on the side of a road in a box at a little over three weeks old with no way to fend for themselves. Luckily, a local rescue found them, and instead of euthanizing them, fostered t...

Bonzo

67lbs of muscle and love, wrapped in brown fur with white trimming on his paws and chest.

Last September, my boyfriend and I decided it was time we had a dog in our lives, and so we went to the ASPCA in our city. Looking around, it was 98% pit bulls. My boyfriend noticed the one named "scappy" at the time, and thought he had a good vibe. So, we decided to see if "scrappy" was a good fit. We learned t...

Hank

High Energy Adventure Dog

Hank came to me as a dubious Christmas gift in 2006. He'd been passed around from home to home, returned to the shelter twice, and just wasn't working out for anyone. He destroyed backyards, escaped fences, chewed two sets of my son's furniture, and was deemed too energetic to live with the toddlers in one family....

Bimini

When I fostered a pitbull I learned how special they were. When I ready for a dog of my own, I knew that I wanted to rescue one.

I wanted a puppy, to train for therapy work. I found a little guy named "Moses" on Petfinder. He was at my local shelter.

When I walked into the puppy room, they all went crazy....

Twix

I believe that it is not we who pick our dogs, but our dogs who find us. My fiance found Twixie wandering the highway when she was 8 weeks old. She is now 14 months, and is the absolute joy of our lives. As you can see in the 9th photo she has the "Batman" symbol on her chest--and she is definitely my little hero. T...

Swee'Pea

white and tan

Swee'Pea was found with her littermates in a creek bed outside a park in central Tennessee. They'd been abandoned at only 6 weeks. Luckily my friend, Liz, and her boyfriend, Patrick, saw Swee'Pea's white face in the mud. I'd been considering adopting a Pit Bull, so when Liz called and said I should adopt one of t...

Riggs

Beautiful fawn coloured pit

I went into a shelter to adopt a puppy after I lost my beloved shepard. With so many animals to chose from- i had no idea where to start-one of the volunteers put this wee 6 week old pup in my arms and told me he was a amstaff. i was in love instantly. I had no idea that an Amstaff is a pitbull. When i brought him h...

Oscar

A big-headed pile of mush!

I got Oscar from a wonderful pit bull rescue near Portland Oregon. He had spent a month as a stray at a local shelter where the staff begged the pit bull rescue to find a spot for him. At the last moment they were able to grab him, and shortly after that he came to live with me.

Oscar is now 3 years old, and ...

Clare

White with straight-up ears

Clare was found pregnant, not even a year old, running around in the parking lot of Wal-Mart. Weeks later we went to the local county animal shelter to adopt a "dog that was good with cats" as our chow-mix, Teddy, had recently died. We didn't want a pit bull but Clare took one look at us and saw us as her ticket o...

Charley

Rescued cuddle-bug

We found this sweetheart on Petfinder.com and contacted the rescue. We met with her foster mom and foster sibling Fern and instantly fell in love. Charley's eyes tell her story and they are impossible to ignore. She is so full of love and just looking for our approval in all that she does. Her favorite things are he...

Billy Brown

Red Nose Chocolate Brown

I'm sure my story isn't so original since I, too, am a HUGE lover of the pit bull breed! My boyfriend and I rescued Billy Brown a couple years back and since then it's been true love!

My boyfriend came into my life shortly before we adopted Billy Brown and prior to that he has only known the breed to be dangerou...

Lola

Brindle and white pit bull, bullmastiff, shar pei mix

They say at some point in your life you get a dog that's much more than a dog, she's a soul mate. Lola was my soul mate.
Lola was born to a neglectful home. I took her from her feces covered pen at only 5 weeks old. I raised her by the book. She was crated trained, socialized, spayed. She passed her canine g...

Chance AKA Pants

Big Bad Scary Pitbull....Get off my lap!

My boyfriend and I were looking for a "playmate" for my lab. We wanted to rescue a dog so off we went in search. When I seen his face I melted. I called my boyfriend and he was hesitant. A Pitbull...are you sure? I was adament that we had to see him. A few hours later we were at his door. When I seen him I knew he w...

jasper

gentle giant

Sadly, I want to memorialize the beautiful Jasper here where so many people have shared their stories about the wonderful pitbulls that have touched their hearts. At just 8 years old Jasper became suddenly ill and within hours had to be euthanized. We don't know what happened. We only know that his character, heart,...

Max

Handsome black & white male with dark eyes

I've had the absolute pleasure of spending the last 7 years with my pit bull Max. I'm so grateful to have such a loyal and lovable companion.

I first met Max in February of 2003. At that time, he belonged to a friend of my aunt. Max's previous owner had moved to a place that didn't allow animals. I was often aske...

Rhoda

White with a black eye patch (just like petey from the little rascals!)

Rhoda was saved by a rescue organization working with Liberty Humane Society in February 2009. By the age of 2, she had already been starved and abused by her original owners who used her only for breeding. After delivering a litter of puppies, she was thrown over the fence at the shelter in the middle of a cold O...

Rosie

2.5 year old blue nose beauty!

Rosie was turned in to a local shelter with her brother in January 2009. She was just under a year old and not in very good shape. She had scars down both front legs, one was fractured with an abscess, and she had a slight case of mange. Luckily one of our rescue volunteers was at the shelter to deal with another do...

Bruno Tang

All white and all Italian!

"You have a pitbull, right?" my good friend, Alan asked over the cell phone.
"Yes....Alan, you know I do", I responded.
"Weeeeellll, would you want a pitbull puppy too?!", Alan quickly replied. "I got him last night from a guy who looked very questionnable. He just seemed like he had the pit for the wrong reasons...

Fenyx

80lbs.. Has a Beautiful Chocolate and White mixed coat..

IT WAS THE END OF MARCH OF 2007 AND I WAS AWAY FOR COLLEGE IN CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA. I WAS THERE ON A BASEBALL SCHOLARSHIP BUT BEING YOUNG AND ON MY OWN I WASNT GETTING ANY PLAYING TIME SO DECIDED TO FOCUS EXTRA TIME ON THE ANIMAL SHELTER BY CAMPUS. A BAND OF PIT'S CAME IN FROM GETTING ROUND UP IN A POLICE ARREST ON DO...

Sebastian

Red Nosed Copper Cow

From the time I was little it had always been my dream to have a dog of my own. As a child my parents said we weren't home enough (which was true) and when I finally moved out on my own I definitely wasn't home enough, until more recently. I bought my own house and when I did that I told myself that I had to wait a...

Sookie

Gorgeous, sweet Bluenose

My dad and I decided to go to the local animal shelter to look at some dogs (he had no intention of getting one) until we saw 2 yr old Sookie (her name was Happy at the time) she was absolutely gorgeous, she was a mamma and the people at the shelter assumed that her previous owners took her puppies and just left her...

Bennett and then some!

A Foster Home for Pits!

Got Pits?
It started with Bennett our first pit mix adopted from the Newark New Jersey Associated Humane Society. We feel in love. When we heard about Vida, who had been used for breeding then left tied in a field emaciated and nearly starved to death we brought her home too! Bennett adored Vida and lovingly welco...