http://baddogs.libertyhumane.org Bullies Are Deserving Dogs Mon, 12 May 2008 20:22:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en by Carol Sowers and Amy Brooks - May. 9, 2008 03:35 PM The Arizona Republic After a seven-month investigation, Maricopa County Sheriff's deputies arrested rapper DMX at his Cave Creek home early Friday morning on suspicion of misdemeanor animal cruelty and felony drug possession. The arrest stems from a raid that deputies made ... http://baddogs.libertyhumane.org/2008/05/12/rapper-dmx-arrested-in-animal-cruelty-drug-case/   This white and brindle girl came to us from an owner who didn't have her best interests in mind. Sweets is a nine year old female pit bull who looks like she's had a rough life. We at the shelter think her time spent at the shelter have been the ... http://baddogs.libertyhumane.org/2008/04/28/sweets/ Kudos to the writers and editors of the APBT profile issue of the Popular Dog Series Magazine on a job well done! Volume 45, available in pet stores now, includes not only pages upon pages of information about our favorite breed of dog, but also has an excellent article by ... http://baddogs.libertyhumane.org/2008/03/30/great-program-pr/   We're happy to announce that Love Crush has found his forever home and it took no time at all!  Love Crush - now renamed Homer (and isn't that perfect?) - has found a wonderful place to call home with Jason Windawi and Joe Davidson of Jersey City. In a quick ... http://baddogs.libertyhumane.org/2008/03/28/love/ B.A.D. Dogs would like to extend a giant thank you to the wonderful ladies at the Unexpected Pit Bull Calendar, in particular, calendar founder Jyo O'Hare. The Unexpected Pit Bull Calendar features rescue pit bulls from all over the US and was started right here in Jersey City, NJ. This ... http://baddogs.libertyhumane.org/2008/03/21/a-huge-thank-you/ Clark so impressed everyone with his potential and outstanding personality, that he was the natural choice to be the next B.A.D. Dog after Caramel was adopted. Around 7 months old, Clark is just a babe. He came to the shelter with a bad case of mange and looked a bit worse ... http://baddogs.libertyhumane.org/2008/02/24/clark/ While Beast (now Otis) wasn't an official B.A.D. Dog, he certainly is an outstanding pit bull and won all of us over with his antics. Such a good dog, we even featured him in an NJN "Homeless Tails" special on pit bulls. We were delighted to recieve a link to his ... http://baddogs.libertyhumane.org/2008/02/13/updates-on-an-lhs-alumn/ After spending no time in the program at all, Caramel has found her way into the heart and home of a local Jersey City resident. Caramel impressed us all during our February 9th training session with pit bull expert Mary Harwelik, responding to many of the commands immediately and displaying ... http://baddogs.libertyhumane.org/2008/02/13/adopted/ An underdog’s second chance Saved from Michael Vick’s property, pit bulls now in loving homes Eric Risberg / AP At her home in the San Francisco Bay Area, Leslie Nuccio holds Hector, a pit bull that was seized from Michael Vick's property. var hasRelatedPhotos = 'false';if (hasRelatedPhotos=='true'){var vRPL = document.getElementById("viewRelatedPhotosLink");if (vRPL!=undefined) vRPL.style.display = "";var vLRPG ... http://baddogs.libertyhumane.org/2008/01/29/an-underdogs-second-chance/      Caramel and her brother Fudge were both slated to become the newest B.A.D. Dogs. Fudge however, was adopted before he could begin the program and now Caramel has the distinct pleasure all to herself. Caramel was taken from an abandoned building where she was being kept. At only 11 months ... http://baddogs.libertyhumane.org/2008/01/29/introducing-caramel/