My Life Among the Underdogs, by Tia Torres (of Animal Planet’s Pit Bulls& Parolees) (Harper
Collins, 2019,288 pages, $26.99)
Nine Inspiring Dogs, Nine Inspiring Stories
Tia Torres has put together
her life, more or less chronologically, by following nine of her family dogs
through their years – lovely pit bulls with built-in smiles who arrived on her
doorstep as a last resort. And she took them in and loved them and made them
well again and they, in turn, taught her about life – lessons that she shares
with us.
In the Beginning. . . .
Torres found herself with
her two toddlers playing hide and seek outside an animal shelter when an animal
control officer brought in a pit bull who managed to lose the leash and escape
towards the little girls. Panic ensued among the adults but the little dog
immediately floored and kissed the girls who giggled with glee. Torres ended up
taking that little dog home and that was the beginning of a new life for all
concerned.
Meet the Underdogs!
There is Junkyard Joe, the
delinquent dog who became a star narcotics detection canine, and we have Bluie
who saved the life of Torres’ daughter. Read about the dog who started Torres
on her life’s mission, Tatanka. And then we have a dog named Monster.
Underdogs
could easily have been titled Dogs Who
Saved the World One Human at a Time after those same dogs were tossed aside
by two-legged creatures. Torres took in the dogs nobody wanted and made them
whole.
This is the story of the
Villalobos Rescue Center of California, which relocated to Louisiana. The story
of four kids, countless throwaway dogs (and other animals) and one plucky woman
who started it all.
If you watch Pit Bulls & Parolees on Animal
Planet, you will want to read Torres’ book. If you don’t watch it yet, you will
want to. And there is always Wikipedia for more details.
But, . . . .
The only thing missing is
photos of the dogs!
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fantastic books about this smiley breed:
Caveat: This book was purchased for
review.
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