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Don’t judge a dog by its cover – Part II

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Last week, I shared an article I’d read in Parade magazine regarding the progress of the dogs rescued from Michael Vick’s dogfighting ring.  At that time, I told you a little about the two main rescue groups that took in the dogs (Best Friends Animal Society and BAD RAP).

Now I have an update to share with you… Best Friends Animal Society just released a video providing additional updates on the “Vicktory Dogs,” as the dogs are known at BFAS.  Check it out below:

(via Best Friends Animal Society)

It warms my heart to see them doing well.  (If you didn’t see my post last week, please check it out for more info.)  Until next time…

 

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Don’t judge a dog by its cover

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“He wasn’t a bad dog – he simply didn’t know any better;
he’d never lived in a house.”
from “Can You Teach a Bad Dog New Tricks” by Jim Gorant

A friend suggested I check out an article in this past weekend’s issue of Parade magazine.  So I rifled through my newspaper (I’m still old school on Sundays) and pulled out the insert.  Staring at me from the cover? An adorable dog.  A pit bull, to be exact.  After reading this article, I knew I had to share it with you.

The title of the article is “Can You Teach a Bad Dog New Tricks?”  The “bad dogs” in question are Michael Vick’s pit bulls.  (I think it goes without saying how very, very terrible he is… but we’re focusing on the dogs here, so I’ll save that angry rant for another time.)

We’ve all heard about what happened to Michael Vick after his dogfighting ways were discovered.  But what about the dogs?  Find out more after the jump…

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