LEILA

2 YR OLD RED NOSE AMERICAN PIT from NY, NY

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 agreed to head off into Manhattan. Well, as soon as I went on the euth list, THERE SHE WAS - MY BRIGHT EYED, SMILING (yes, she DOES smile) LEILA - also on the euth. list for that night. The rescue had agreed to take Liela as well after I spotted her. In less than an hour, one of my dearest friends and I were loaded up & ready for pick up and transport to the rescue. As we waited, I was nervous, hating every minute of being in a shelter but knowing I was there for a purpose - to rescue 2 and get them to safety. As she was lead out, she was everything I had read - smart, sweet, and wagged her tail so hard she was going to turn herself inside out!! So off we went to Queens for our drop off. Mind you, the other Pit had someone else who had picked her up & took her to this rescue in the meantime. So, it was Leila and me... As I passed Shea Stadium, I realized I was in love... So, instead of going North a bit, we headed South and to my home she went. She fit in like an old shoe. I can't imagine my life without that crazy, tail waggin' gal & will never forget that whirlwind of a day I was sent by someone or some thing to become her guardian angel.

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