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July 15, 2008

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Rocky, the Dog of the Day
Name: Rocky
Age: Five years old
Gender: Male Breed: Pit Bull
Home: Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
 
   This is our beloved Rocky, the gentlest PitBull in the world! We rescued him. His previous owners adored him, but when their homeowner's insurers found out what breed his is, they threatened to cancel their policy outright.

    His parents were beside themselves. They were going to give him to a local shelter, but very few shelters where we live adopt out Pits or any of the 'Bully' breeds. We found out about his plight and their intended solution in the last minute and met them on the actual parking lot of the shelter.

    He and we fell in love immediately. He is the happiest, calmest, most adoring animal ever. He is obviously at least mostly Pit Bull, but he is the gentlest dog you have ever heard of. He will not even play rough with us; it just confuses him. We have a little mixed terrier less than half his size, and she bullied him while he was growing up. Now they are brother and sister to the end.

    We have pictures of Rocky playing or lounging with all of the kids in our neighborhood just in case anyone ever tries to label him 'vicious' or an aggressive dog.

    Every one of our neighbors who walks their dog in our neighborhood knows and likes him. He is a beautiful silver-tan and iridescent in sunlight. He has yellow eyes which are funny when he smells a gal dog, because they get real wide. He is the gentlest guy in the world!

Rocky, the Dog of the Day

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