Quinn the Elderbull Ambassador

Months passed and he grew on me. It’s like he just knew me and what I needed, and when and where to cuddle. He knew how to make a happy, sighing noise as if to say, “Thank you lady.” The thing of it was, selfishly, I wanted to keep him. I was going through some bumps in the road of my life and Quinn seemed to ground me.

Breed Discrimination on Base

We ultimately put our name on the housing list and understood that it was either we gave up our Rottweiler, Zeus, or look elsewhere for a place to live, which we hated.

Doggie DNA Tells Who Can Stay

She was grandfathered in and allowed to live on base until 2012. Since being grandfathered on base, Alex returned from one deployment to then leave for another deployment. A month before he left was when I had come across Nugit and wanted to bring her home!

Turning Tragedy Into Activism for the Dogs

But this tragedy is not the end of the story. It’s only part of the battle to end fear-based discrimination against pit bulls or dogs that resemble pit bulls. Here’s what you can do:

Iowa Town Council Forces Disabled Veteran to Relinquish Service Dog

James Sak, 65, a disabled Vietnam Veteran and retired Chicago police officer, was forced to relinquish his service dog after the Aurelia Town Council voted December 14 to prohibit the dog, identified as a “pit bull,” from residing within Aurelia city limits.

Dear Enzo

Enzo came to me quite by accident. Though I have been fighting against BDL since its inception in Ontario, and have my own 11-year-old “substantially similar” grandfathered dog at home, I hadn’t been so deeply affected by the implications of this legislation until Enzo arrived.

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