Petey
December 21, 1992 - August 22, 2001
That one true heart was left behind!
What feeling do we ever find
To equal among human kind
A dog’s fidelity!
--Thomas Hardy (1840–1928), British novelist, poetq. Ah, Are You Digging on My Grave? (L. 27–30)
This page is dedicated to the memory of my best friend in all the world, Petey the American Staffordshire Bull Terrier.
Petey's breed as well as the American Pit Bull Terrier and the Staffordshire Terrier have long been characterized by the media as vicious, evil creatures and nicknamed "pit bulls". I resent these generalizations because there are also many cases where "pit bulls" have served in war time and become rescue dogs. A "pit bull" was even Ken-L-Ration's Dog of the Year!
Click here to read about these extroidinary dogs.