Bambi, Marietta, GA

Hi! I’m Bambi and I am a VERY nice girl.

My Mom says that I’m as sweet as sugar! I love my family so much, especially the kids!!! You would not believe how great my kids smell and when I lick them…well, let me just say that THEY are as sweet as sugar!!! 🙂

Yes, life is good now, but it wasn’t always that good for me. You see before Mom adopted me, I was a stray living on the streets and that is where Fulton County Animal Services found me, on the streets.

Now as far as shelters go, Fulton County Animal Services is one of the better ones. Everyone there works so hard to find us homes, they really do! They care about us, but sadly there are more dogs than there are homes. So some of us just don’t make it out alive and, to be honest, things didn’t look that great for me.

I had two strikes against me going in. The first one being that I’m a Pit Bull and there is a lot of prejudice against my kind. And the second strike against me was that I am a black dog, and for some reason people don’t adopt black dogs (or cats) as readily as they do other colors of animals. So it didn’t look good for me.

But here is where fate stepped in. You see, my Mom had a black Pit Bull mix named Bella who she loved so much. In fact, she says that before she met Bella, she was afraid of Pit Bulls and that she had believed all of the lies that were told about us. She says Bella opened her eyes and her heart to my kind.

Sadly Bella died, leaving my Mom so sad and so lonely. She just couldn’t stand the thought of not having a dog to share her life with and guess what kind of dog she wanted? A black Pit Bull!!

She knew that no dog could ever replace Bella but she also knew she had a lot of room in her heart to love another dog. And that dog just happened to be me!!!

My mom saw my picture on Fulton County Animal Services web page and the words URGENT were typed below my name. She said when she saw the look in my eyes she knew we were meant for each other and the rest is history.

After my Mom adopted me, she adopted my little sister Lexi — whom I like most of the time even though she is a bit of a pest. 😛

Then a couple of months ago we adopted my little brother Rudy, who — OH MY GOSH — is the fastest dog in the world!! AND he can turn on a dime! I can almost catch him but Lexi doesn’t even try! (She doesn’t want to embarrass herself, I guess.)

I hope you enjoy the pictures of me. One is me with my girl and then there’s that one where I am in a ridiculous get-up my mom dressed me in (that I actually HATE… but like I said in the beginning, I’m a VERY nice girl). 🙂

Bambi

Parent: Joan