Subject 2

Izzy and Zoey are inseparable! Zoey just really loves cuddling with Izzy on the papasan chair. It's the only piece of furniture they're allowed on and they sure take advantage of it!
They are doing great and getting along just fine. Zoey, almost 10 months, is now in the intermediate obedience class at the humane society. While she's not perfect, she learns quickly and is eager to please; though, I notice that she is much more comforable having her big bro around! Izzy is great. He's really mellowed out of the frenetic puppy stage and is a great leash walker. I'll probably take him into some type of advanced class when my schedule frees up in a month or so.
Eddie and I are also looking forward to welcoming a new baby in June! So, we are already starting to prepare the pups for a new addition to the family.
Hope all is well with you and your rescues! -Jen

Subject 3

Ozzy, as we named him, quickly became the light of our lives. When he was ten months old, we adopted another puppy from It's The Pits, a female Staffordshire Terrier mix that we named Kitty. Ozzy and Kitty are now the stars of our neighborhood for their friendliness and good manners. We have certainly worked hard to train and socialize them well, and we give them plenty of daily exercise (miles of walking on the leash combined with some play time on the beach or in the local park), but we can say without a doubt that they are good, well tempered dogs and no danger to people, including our new baby, or other animals, including our neighbor's cat. We could never thank Beth enough for introducing us properly to these dogs through her excellent rescue organization. Because of her efforts many wonderful dogs will escape doomed lives in shelters for happy lives in good homes where they are well cared for and well loved.

Subject 4

Dante just keeps getting bigger and bigger...he's about 85lbs right now and still filling out. Oh my, he's a handful, especially with all that weight behind him. Here's some pics of the growing boy and his girlfriend! And I know we don't have a 100% success story YET, but I'd love to write a little something for your website about us rescuing Dante and how much love he has brought us. I wish more people would go out and rescue animals. Do you have a blog or anything? Let me know. Thanks again.
Take care, Heidi and Chad

Subject 5

We just wanted to update you on Sierra. She's doing just fine and we love her! She's an absolute delight to be around. I take her out every morning (night, now that it's getting hot!) for a bike ride around the neighborhood. And when they had monthly events in our neighborhood, we'd take her to show her off. We were worried about getting negative comments about her, but

Thank you,
Marcela, Bryan and Sierra.

Subject 6

Me and Jada (aka Jilly) are doing great! Thank you for everything and keep up the great work.

Very sincerely yours,
Harris J. Brumer

Subject 7

Hi Beth. I wanted to send you a few pictures of Boojii He's lost his shyness, and is very playfull ... but sometimes doesn't listen We'll get him in obedience class soon. He still loves to do the "aligator." He was a little hesitant to go into the ocean, but ok now. And he is really trying to get use the grandma and grandpa's, but was real spooked at first.

Hope you enjoy! Mike and Michelle Nemeth

Subject 8

My husband and I met Beth Gruff of It's The Pits almost one year ago at a dog rescue fair in San Diego. We were ready to adopt a puppy and stopped to look at a ten week old American Pit Bull Terrier mix that Beth had in a pen beside her booth at the fair. My husband instantly fell in love with the mellow, easy-going puppy, but I suffered from a Pit Bull prejudice based on the bad press the dogs have received. While my husband played with the puppy, I talked with Beth and had the chance to meet some of her adult Pit Bull mix dogs. I quickly learned that Beth's dogs were far from aggressive and vicious creatures.

- Lena from Florida