Pit Bulls and Other Animals....

First new year blog

2012-02-03T10:50:00.000-08:00

Well, it's been a rough last year and a rough this year. First, Rebel died in September. Then we lost Cubby on Thanksgiving day suddenly. My mother passed away on New Year's Day. I've basically just shut down. I deal with death on a daily basis, but this is ridiculous.

Little things help me get from moment to moment. I heard Bonnie Raitt's "Right Down the Line" which brought up all kinds of memories. I remembered the old song from the 70's and then remembered hearing about Gerry Rafferty's passing, the song's writer.

Hearing the song on top forty stations in the 70's became a part of my own fabric. To hear it now done by Bonnie Raitt really fuses the times and music, setting off all kinds of feelings and emotions. I have to suspect that was totally intentional.

I also heard something about this being released on Raitt's own label Redwing Records. She commented on being able to hold the notes as long as she desired now that she was playing for her own label and could make her own musical decisions. Huh! Well, now, how does that respond to pit bulls?

Well, when you hear about someone like Bonnie Raitt who's knocked down all kinds of barriers in the music industry not being able to play a note like she felt it, something resonates. Somebody who rescues pit bulls faces some of life's hurdles along the way. It's hard to not become jaded and calloused, to start hating people for being fearful.

Then a song comes on the radio. That song played during your girlhood when all the world seemed like an adventure, new, boundless. Then life happens and you wind up experiencing reality like divorces, the IRS, death. You hear about Gerry Rafferty who wrote "Right Down the Line" and so many other songs. You hear about his own struggles and sadness. You hear Bonnie Raitt isn't allowed to play her guitar the way she used it to blast down convention and rules. You hear her version and it gives you the verve and the nerve to get up, dust yourself off and get back to work.....right down the line....

Spuds	American Bulldog Young, Male	Reunion Rescue San Francisco, CA
Hazel	American Staffordshire Terrier Cattle Dog Young, Female	Reunion Rescue San Francisco, CA
Jasmine	American Staffordshire Terrier Chesapeake Bay Retriever Adult, Female	Reunion Rescue San Francisco, CA
Cleopatra	American Staffordshire Terrier German Shepherd Dog Adult, Female	Reunion Rescue San Francisco, CA
William	American Staffordshire Terrier Rhodesian Ridgeback Young, Male	Reunion Rescue San Francisco, CA
Bella	American Staffordshire Terrier Adult, Female	Reunion Rescue San Francisco, CA
Patch	American Staffordshire Terrier Adult, Male	Reunion Rescue San Francisco, CA
Sweet P	American Staffordshire Terrier Baby, Male	Reunion Rescue San Francisco, CA
Bliss	American Staffordshire Terrier Young, Female	Reunion Rescue San Francisco, CA
Pearlie Girl	American Staffordshire Terrier Young, Female	Reunion Rescue San Francisco, CA
Diesel	Cattle Dog American Staffordshire Terrier Young, Male	Reunion Rescue San Francisco, CA
Guido	Staffordshire Bull Terrier American Staffordshire Terrier Young, Male	Reunion Rescue San Francisco, CA

Gibson	Australian Cattle Dog (Blue Heeler) Adult, Male	Animals First San Francisco, CA
Arthur	English Bulldog American Bulldog Young, Male	Animals First San Francisco, CA
Darla	German Shepherd Dog Young, Female	Animals First San Francisco, CA
Jesse	Hovawart Corgi Adult, Male	Animals First San Francisco, CA
Cooper, Duke, Rory, Jess	Labrador Retriever American Staffordshire Terrier Baby, Male	Animals First San Francisco, CA
Dixie	Welsh Terrier Young, Female	Animals First San Francisco, CA

Izzy	American Staffordshire Terrier American Bulldog Young, Female	Animals First Rescue Austin, TX
Pip	Belgian Shepherd Malinois Doberman Pinscher Young, Female	Animals First Rescue Austin, TX
Teddy	Bernese Mountain Dog Australian Shepherd Young, Male	Animals First Rescue Austin, TX
Dexter a.k.a. Dexie	Great Dane Pointer Young, Male	Animals First Rescue Austin, TX
Journey	Great Pyrenees Young, Female	Animals First Rescue Austin, TX
Angel	Rhodesian Ridgeback American Staffordshire Terrier Young, Male	Animals First Rescue Austin, TX
Mr. Sweets	American Bulldog American Staffordshire Terrier Young, Male	Reunion Rescue Austin, TX
Izzy	American Staffordshire Terrier American Bulldog Young, Female	Reunion Rescue Austin, TX
Robbie	American Staffordshire Terrier Australian Cattle Dog (Blue Heeler) Young, Male	Reunion Rescue Austin, TX
Batgirl	American Staffordshire Terrier Pit Bull Terrier Adult, Female	Reunion Rescue Austin, TX
Stella	American Staffordshire Terrier Pit Bull Terrier Young, Female	Reunion Rescue Austin, TX
Holly Berry	American Staffordshire Terrier Young, Female	Reunion Rescue Austin, TX
Amber	Staffordshire Bull Terrier American Staffordshire Terrier Young, Female	Reunion Rescue Austin, TX

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