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Earlier this month, StubbyDog had the extreme pleasure of visiting our animal rescue friends in New York City and attending the 16th Annual Broadway Barks Adoption Event! This star-studded event features celebrities from the hottest shows on Broadway and benefits New York City animal shelters and adoption agencies. Broadway Barks was founded by Mary Tyler […]

Did you know that YOUR dog has the power to SAVE LIVES? You always knew your dog was special, right?! Overpopulation of companion animals has reached extreme levels and way too many beautiful, healthy, and loving animals are dying in our shelters simply because we don’t have enough homes for them. Unfortunately, a disproportionate number of […]

Back in 2011, a young lawyer named Jerry Sager wrote a touching article for StubbyDog describing how breed discriminatory laws had affected his family and his life. The good thing about Jerry is, he didn’t just sit and write about these laws, he went out and changed them! Many of you may know that South […]

In 2012, the Maryland Court of Appeals ruled that pit bulls are “inherently dangerous” and imposed a new strict liability standard on landlords who knew or had reason to know that a tenant had a pit bull on the premises.[1]  This decision was catastrophic, particularly to renters whose family dogs happen to be pit bull […]

We all know that a pit bull smile is completely irresistible, but now the whole world gets to see what we’ve been talking about! The United Nations has chosen a pit bull to be the face of world happiness for International Happiness Day on March 20th. Macy is a four-year-old pit bull terrier dog whose […]

Just over one year ago, on January 31, 2013, the Toledo Police Department discovered a group of dogs chained and caged in a vacant house on South Fearing Boulevard.  These dogs would come to be known as “The Fearing Six” and are the first victims of dog fighting in Ohio to be considered just that: […]