Hi everyone! This week I want to talk about a program that has touched my heart. I just finished watching “Pit Bulls and Parolees”, and for those of you who haven’t watched this show…Watch it! Now! It’s on Animal Planet, and they show new episodes on Saturday nights.
Anyways, the concept of that show is cameras follow a woman, Tia, who, along with her two daughters run a pit bull sanctuary called Villalobos. Tia’s husband is currently in prison, so Tia has a soft spot for prison inmates. She believes in second chances, and that is what she is doing for both pit bulls and parolees. She hires parolees to work at her sanctuary to help care for the pit bulls that she rescues.
Amazing! Very inspirational! I want to do that one day. Run a sanctuary for all dogs who need help and love. I also want to somehow incorporate helping people as well. Whether it’s people with special disabilities, shy kids, homeless people, minorities, etc.
I know the intense, immediate, and incredible impact dogs have on humans and vice versa. I want more people to experience unconditional love, and on Earth you can only get that from a dog.
So back to the program…Tia was invited to see how a new canine second chances inmate program at a prison in Georgia was going. I teared up by the end of the show because you can clearly see how much happier both dogs and inmates are. They can understand each other because they are both getting second chances. All of the dogs in that program are dogs that the prison rescued from animal shelters, and the inmates are training the dogs so that the dogs can be adopted out.
There was one dog named Chance who Tia couldn’t help. She suggested they put that dog down, and it broke my heart. I understand where she’s coming from, but I don’t like to give up on people or animals. I’m wondering if Cesar Milan can help that dog. He’s just scared of the world, and I’m sure Cesar can help.
Chance’s handler, Shane, was the only one who could control Chance, and you could tell his heart broke when even Tia couldn’t help Chance. Still, Shane ran out after Tia and gave her a letter he wrote to her. In it, Shane expressed his admiration for Tia and her daughters for what they are doing to help rescue Pit Bulls and Parolees. He told Tia how the canine program has changed his life and made him a better person being around the dogs and experiencing unconditional love. He went from being a guy who didn’t have goals in his life to now a man who has goals that he wants to accomplish.
Loves it! :) Every little bit helps people! Realize how amazing dogs are and treat them like the fantastic creatures they are! You never know who you’re going to touch, so believe in yourself, be authentic, and live life win-win!
Until next time…have a good one! Aloha.
~*Tara, Momo, and MJ*~






