DIVA, a 5 year old beauty, has found her forever home with snowbirds, Rhet Redpath and Carol Brown. Diva will be spending her winters in Sarasota and her summers on Block Island. She is a sweet girl and is so glad to have found a family.

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DUKE's story is amazing. Surrendered to a shelter in the panhandle, The Duke was taken in with swollen eyes, inflamed and naked patches all over his body; the shelter workers thought he had been dipped in something that had inflamed his already itchy and infected skin. He was kept on an extra long hold at the shelter because the man that surrendered him was, they suspected, not his rightful owner. But no one showed up to claim him. While he was on hold, he was bathed and fed and soon his hair began growing back, a little bit anyway. Also while he was on hold the workers at the shelter realized that he was one of the sweetest and most loving dogs they had ever seen. However, because he was a "bull breed" he was not considered adoptable, and he was due to be euthanized.

One of the shelter employees called on a breed rescue facilitator, who contacted our club. Could we help? Well, maybe, if we could find a foster home for The Duke. Simultaneously, we heard about a couple in New Jersey who had just lost their rescue Bullie and were looking for another rescue to join their family. They were well versed in dealing with a bull terrier with skin issues. They saw the Duke's pictures and were in love! Then another amazing thing, the facilitator found The Duke a ride down to Tampa with a man who drives back and forth to Mississippi regularly and usually transports rescue dogs both ways. Duke got his ride and the following day, Rebecca Quigley, our club's rescue chair, picked him up in Brandon. As she drove back home with him, she glanced at the shelter release. This was written on the bottom of the sheet: