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January 28, 2008

From Vick-tims to Vick-tors: Meet Vick's dogs

Little Red arrived at Best Friends with her face covered in scars, and her teeth filed down -- an indication that she was used as a "bait dog" in former NFL quarterback Michael Vick's dogfighting operation.

Dogs that seem less tough and aggressive are often turned into bait dogs, used by fighting dogs for what amounts to little more than target practice.

She's one of the 22 Vick dogs sent to Best Friends Animal Sanctuary in Kanab, Utah. The "Vicktory Dogs," were introduced to the news media today.

Little Red arrived at Best Friends scared of everybody, Best Friends reported on its website today: "If you walked up to her, she would quickly scurry away in fear. But then, after just a few weeks at the sanctuary, something incredible happened. Little Red smiled. She actually smiled ... Now, when she sees her caregivers coming, she runs toward them instead of away."

If you're interested in sponsoring Little Red, click here

(Photo courtesy of Best Friends)

Posted by John Woestendiek at 2:16 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)

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I saw great video clips on CNN about the rehabilitation of Michael Vick's dogs. You can see them all on Dogtime.com

http://dogtime.com/michael-vick-dogs-public.html

Posted by: Todd | January 28, 2008 3:43 PM

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About Jill Rosen

Jill Rosen is a reporter at The Baltimore Sun. During her nearly 20 years in journalism, she has covered news and features — including a surprising number of stories that involved animals. There were the dog Christmas carolers in State College, Pa. There were the hounds who toured with a production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The story of a preschool teacher at Baltimore’s Father Kolbe School who had to replace her class guinea pig, who died over the winter holiday. A harrowing tale of what it was like to make homemade pet food ...

Though her clean freak of a mother refused to allow her to get a dog, she has had a number of pets through the years, including goldfish named Bob and Fingle, a betta fish named Ichabod, a wild rat terrier named Wendel, who she shared with a roommate, and, currently, sweet, sweet kitties named Leo Sesame and Milo Pumpkin and a little rescued pup named Teddy Bean. She, Leo, Pumpkin and Teddy Bean live in Baltimore.

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