The first two episodes of the new season of DogTown will focus on some of the rescues from Michael Vick’s pit bulls used in dogfighting. Not only will these shows help you better understand the horrors of dogfighting, but you’ll see that even with the worst cases, there’s still hope.
In January 2008, DogTown received 22 Vick pit bull rescues as a last hope for rehabilitation. These were the worst cases of the group. On the first new episode airing January 1, you’ll meet Georgia, a Vick Rescue who has made great progress. She may even become a spokesdog, working with DogTown manager John Garcia.
Georgia, the Michael Vick pit bull curious about the camera
The January 8 episode will focus on another Vick rescue, Handsome Dan. He’s indeed handsome too! Most of the other Vick rescues had made steady progress, but Handsome Dan still suffered from crippling fear of people. He has to overcome that fear in order to find a permanent home with a new family. With Handsome Dan, and the other dogfighting rescues, it’s amazing to see these canines finally receive the love and support they need to learn how to act like a dog for the first time in their horrible lives.
Current fans of DogTown already know about the great work done at DogTown, the home of misfit and neglected dogs that’s part of the Best Friends Animal Sanctuary, the biggest no-kill animal facility in the US. I think it says a lot about us as human beings that this place of last hope for dogs exists and is supported by so many. I had the pleasure to watch some of these new episodes in advance, and I really enjoyed seeing how the DogTown trainers and veterinarians work so hard to help these dogs that would otherwise never be adoptable.
Other episodes in the new season will feature a shepherd mix rescued from the 2006 Lebanon-Israel war, a mixed-breed feral dog that survived living in the wild by the Grand Canyon, a morbidly obese Chihuahua that must lose weight before adoption, a Shar-Pei mix who was left behind in a foreclosed home and several more rescue and rehab stories.
New episodes of this soulful series start Friday, January 1 at 10 pm ET/PT on the National Geographic Channel. For dog lovers, I can’t think of a better thing on the tube this new year.
(Image via National Geographic Channel)
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