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To: Peace4EarthNow
It's the story about how Michael Vick's pit bulls (including his "best" fighters) were taken in by Best Friends Animal Society & were completely rehabilitated! Some of them are even getting adopted out into loving homes, & some are now serving as therapy dogs for the elderly.

I went to your link. Please correct me if I am wrong but I didn't see:

where is says they were completely rehabilitated? I saw a bunch that were still in therapy!

where it says that any were adopted?

where it says that some are now serving as therapy dogs for the elderly.

16 posted on 04/03/2009 8:22:21 PM PDT by ColdWater
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To: ColdWater
Halle has just been adopted into a loving home:

Vicktory dog goes home! - She's the first, others will follow. :-)

Also, an excerpt from this article:

<< During a walk in Golden Gate Park one day, Jonny was mobbed by a group of kids. Cohen wasn't sure how Jonny would react to all those little hands thrust at him, but the dog loved it. He played with the children, and Cohen realized Jonny had an affinity for them. He enrolled Jonny in training for the program Paws for Tales, in which kids who get nervous reading aloud in class practice their skills by reading to a canine audience of one. Jonny was certified in November, and now once a month he sits patiently listening to children read.

He's not the only one of Vick's former dogs lending a hand. Leo, who lives with foster mother Marthina McClay in Los Gatos, Calif., is a certified therapy dog who spends two to three hours a week visiting cancer patients and troubled teens. Two other dogs are also therapy dogs, and two more are in training. A total of six have earned Canine Good Citizen certificates, issued by the American Kennel Club to dogs who pass a series of 10 tests, including walking through a crowd and reacting to unexpected sights and sounds. "It's great to show people how much these dogs have to offer," says Cohen. >>

Those excerpts are on the bottom of page 4 of the article, which is an awesome story about other Vick dogs that didn't go to Best Friends.

(Just from memory of the article, I said therapy for the elderly ~ it was apparently for troubled children, teens, & cancer patients)

:-)

23 posted on 04/03/2009 8:32:17 PM PDT by Peace4EarthNow (Want to go to Heaven? - http://www.allaboutgod.com)
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