Pit Boss

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Pit Boss is a reality TV show on animal planet. On this show Shorty Rossi and his friends recue and rehab the misunderstood pit bulls. This show can be found on Animal planet on Saturdays at 10 pm (“About”). In an interesting twist the people on this show are little people. They are overcoming obstacles and stereotypes just like the pit bulls. People don’t think of little people as active rescue people who rescue animals and also people do not picture pit bulls as the loving dogs they can be.

Shorty runs a pit bull rescue team called Shorty’s Rescue. Shorty grew up in a rough neighborhood where his passion for rescue the misunderstood pit bulls began. He got his first pit bull at 14 (“Pit”.)After getting involved in crime and gang related activity, Shorty ended up in jail. After that Shorty decided to dedicate his life to rescuing pit bulls and making a better life for them. His organization recues pit bulls and fosters them until they are adopted (“Pit”). In his own words, "Pit bulls have a bad rap," says Shorty, "though they don’t deserve it at all. It’s what people have done to these pits or how they have trained them that caused this horrible misperception. Pit bulls are beautiful and energetic dogs that make wonderful companions and have the ability to bring out the best in just about any one – the elderly, children, the handicapped, and yes... even the little people of this world!" (“Pit”).

This is my personal Pit Bull success story of my boyfriend's dog, a pit mix named Roscoe! He is a reformed dog. He is one of the sweetest most gentle lovable dogs ever! His rough and scary exterior frightened me at first but his lovable personality makes him the ideal pet!

Julia