Meet Oogy. He was used for 'bait', to train fighting dogs, and he survived.



"When Oogy was four months old and weighed thirty five pounds he was tied to a stake and used as bait for a Pit Bull. The left side of his face from just behind his eye was torn off, including his ear. He was bitten so hard a piece of his jaw bone was crushed. Afterward, he was thrown into a cage and left to bleed to death.

I am not a religious man, but I can only conclude that at that moment God turned around and paid attention. The police raided the facility, found Oogy, and took him to Ardmore Animal Hospital, where Dr. Bianco stitched him up and saved him. This coincided with the last weekend of life for our cat, Buzzy, who was 14 at the tine. My sons and I had taken Buzzy to AAH for his last visit. The staff had gathered Buzzy in when out comes this pup to be walked that looked like nothing more than a gargoyle. He covered us with kisses. The boys and I fell instantly in love with him."

the rest of it is here:
http://www.mlar.org/advocacy/dog-fighting

I've never read the story of a bait dog that lived to tell the tale before* so I thought I'd post a happy story.

I just remembered another one, a puppy used as bait by the dealer that owned him and went on to become a drug sniffing dog and won medals, he was a pit bull named popsicle and his story is here:
Popsicle the drug sniffing super dog
http://www.pitbullsontheweb.com/petbull/ar...

when found (left for dead in a freezer)


after winning one of his 'significant seizure' medals


edit: Oogy is a dogo argentina, which are larger than pit bulls. Popsicle is a pit bull and he is a good representation of how big they generally get.