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Saturday, March 1, 2014

Animal Rescue Stories : Update on depressed pit bull surrendered in Chicago

February 26, 2014

On Wednesday, Zeus, a young pit bull, was rescued from the Chicago, Ill., Animal Care and Control.
Zeus' photo was posted on Facebook on Tuesday, along with a plea for help. Zeus' family had left him at the animal control facility and he was heartbroken about being left behind.
Zeus was listed as "rescue only," and there was great concern for his safety.
On Wednesday, I received the following email containing wonderful news:

I picked Zeus up this afternoon for CPR Fund K9 Rescue. He will be boarding at our vet's office (Forest South Animal Hospital in University Park, IL) until his foster mom returns from vacation on March 7th. He's a super sweet dog who loved the car ride and thoroughly enjoyed being scratched behind the ears. I have included a few pictures from his freedom ride.

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Sunday, February 23, 2014

Animal Rescue Stories : Soldier was picked up as a stray in mid-January, has a new home with a woman who lives in Dryden, Va.

An update on the dog with the old photo tucked in his collar

Penny Eims

Dog News Examiner

Soldier and the mysterious photo that was found in his collar

February 22, 2014

According to Friday's ABC News, Soldier, the pit bull who was found with an old, black and white photo tucked into his collar has a new home with a woman who lives in Dryden, Va.in Greenville, S.C., has found a home.
Soldier was picked up as a stray in mid-January, and the mysterious photo discovered in his collar, which showed a man who appeared to be in a military uniform, generated a great deal of intrigue and interest. Thanks to that intrigue, his story quickly spread nationwide.
The initial hope was that Soldier's true owner would be found and that the pair would be reunited, but that never happened.
Instead, Soldier has a new home with a woman who lives in Dryden, Va., who has experience with pit bulls. Soldier's new guardian, Julie Hensley, a 50-year-old attorney, dog rescuer and "pit bull enthusiast."

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Friday, December 27, 2013

Loyal pit bull saves family from devastating house fire

A pit bull saved her family/NOT the dog from this story

Photo by Sebastian Artz/Getty Images

Penny Eims Dog News Examiner

December 27, 2013

A Georgia family will be able to ring in the New Year thanks to their loyal dog who successfully alerted them to a devastating house fire, reported Thursday's WRCB TV News.
On Sunday night, while Jennifer Ross and her family were sound asleep, fire crept throughout their Gordon County home.
The family's intuitive pit bull, "Bella," noticed the looming danger first.
Ross described Bella's initial efforts to rouse her from sleep:

It sounded like she wanted to go out,"
I was like, 'Bella, let me sleep and I'll let you out in a little bit.'"

Thankfully, though Bella was initially given the brush off, she persisted in her efforts to wake her family.
Bella's efforts escalated - she began to jump on the bed and then ran to the door - it was enough to alert her drowsy guardian to the danger.
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