Pit bull once owned by Vick finds home in Providence
source: http://www.projo.com/news/content/VICKS_DOG_01-12-11_P1LTT2C_v18.269cf9.html
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The pit bull lived tethered by chain to a half-buried car axle in some Virginia woods belonging to football star Michael Vick. Perhaps it was too young to fight or used as bait for other fighting dogs. No one’s sure. But the dog had ground down his teeth trying to chew free of that chain.
Now, on this sunny morning, he sits inches away from 9-month-old Josephine Stoutzenberger — trembling on a living room rug.
Hives rise beneath his thin, tawny coat. The dog has been given a name: Handsome Dan. He wanted no part of this family portrait so his owner Heather Gutshall had to retrieve him from a back room. She carried him –– his pink belly and drooping back legs swaying above the floor.
Even now, almost four years since authorities raided Vick’s Bad Newz Kennels dog-fighting emporium, seizing 51 pit bulls and transporting the blood sport of dog fighting into American living rooms, Handsome Dan still cowers in fear of strangers.
Vick went to jail for animal cruelty while his dogs became their own celebrities. Magazine articles and websites chronicle their recovery and introduction into foster homes. A new book is out. And Heather Gutshall and her partner, Mark Stoutzenberger, now hope that Handsome Dan and the other so-called Vicktory Dogs, as they’re called, become ambassadors for their breed.
Full Story: http://www.projo.com/news/content/VICKS_DOG_01-12-11_P1LTT2C_v18.269cf9.html
Now, on this sunny morning, he sits inches away from 9-month-old Josephine Stoutzenberger — trembling on a living room rug.
Hives rise beneath his thin, tawny coat. The dog has been given a name: Handsome Dan. He wanted no part of this family portrait so his owner Heather Gutshall had to retrieve him from a back room. She carried him –– his pink belly and drooping back legs swaying above the floor.
Even now, almost four years since authorities raided Vick’s Bad Newz Kennels dog-fighting emporium, seizing 51 pit bulls and transporting the blood sport of dog fighting into American living rooms, Handsome Dan still cowers in fear of strangers.
Vick went to jail for animal cruelty while his dogs became their own celebrities. Magazine articles and websites chronicle their recovery and introduction into foster homes. A new book is out. And Heather Gutshall and her partner, Mark Stoutzenberger, now hope that Handsome Dan and the other so-called Vicktory Dogs, as they’re called, become ambassadors for their breed.
Full Story: http://www.projo.com/news/content/VICKS_DOG_01-12-11_P1LTT2C_v18.269cf9.html
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That picture makes me nervous.
- 1 year ago
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