ACE BOOGIE

Ace was brought to our attention by one of our partners in LA, Naia from REAL GOOD DOG. He came from living on the streets with an abusive owner who he simply always wanted to run away from. He was found a few times by animal control running through the streets. A Good Samaritan brought him to the shelter after finding him running on the highway. After his hold was done for his owner to claim him we feared she would be back for him so we pulled him out from the shelter. We got him fully vetted and then he was off to be boarded at our partners ranch for a week prior to flight. This rescue took a village and couldn’t have been done without our partners Naia from REAL GOLD DOG, Tom at the shelter and Tye from REVERSED RESCUE. Ace now lives in safety off the streets with his forever parents that love him so very much, there’s nothing they wouldn’t do for him.

WORDS FROM ACE BOOGIE’S NEW ADOPTERS: On the day of Ace’s arrival almost every plane scheduled to arrive in Montreal was cancelled due to a record snowstorm. Except one very special plane coming from sunny California with a cali-surfer-dude doggo named Ace Boogie. Upon his arrival we were immediately smitten - but also intimidated. Although we had both grew up with dogs, we were a bit intimidated by pitbulls - and all due to how they’ve been demonized by the public. We had heard it all. That they were aggressive, didn’t get along well with other dogs and could snap at any minute. We soon learned that despite Ace’s abusive past, he was the most forgiving dog. He snuggled up to us the first night, showered us with kisses and always greeted us with a wagging tail. When we had people over, yes- he would bark his head off, but mostly because he couldn’t wait to say hi. When we took him to the dog park, he was so gentle with other dogs, especially the small ones. Although he surprised us, there was still a lot of learning curves ahead and behaviours that had to be broken. Mommy felt like crying three days in and only because she couldn’t control his prolonged barking and lunging every time someone walked by the window, or how he would tear up every dog bed he got when he was crated or how he had developed some sort of infatuation with anything knit and felt compelled to immediately nip at it and play tug of war. But through education, training and so much support from RESCUE ALL DOGS and other dog lovers, we were able to address these behaviours. There is still a long road ahead but after just two weeks- we couldn’t be more proud or more in awe of how brilliant, forgiving and loving this “aggressive breed” is. The learning in all of this? Give pitbulls a chance, give rescues a chance and most of all, if you have the opportunity to change a doggos life (quite literally by saving it) - do it. Your life will be forever changed in the process. Way more than the dogs.