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2 best breeds that will make a great family pet

Volunteering at Last Hope has really changed my life just over the course of the past year. As much as it has changed my life, I also know that I changed the lives of a shelter dog. As a volunteer I get the wonderful opportunity to interact with all the dogs. 
One breed that I think would make an excellent family pet would be a Pit Bull. Now before you stop reading this I want you to hear me out. Pit Bulls get the reputation of being dangerous and nasty dogs , but it's all about how they are brought up and trained. It all starts with the owner and how they train the pit bull. If the owner trains the dog of any kind to be used as a fighting dog then that is exactly how the dog will turn out to be. However, if the family raised the pit bull to be a loving, caring and sweet dog they will soon find out that the only difference between a pit bull and a beagle is their size. They are both such loving dogs. If you give a pit bull a chance I'm sure they will steal your heart just like they did with mine.
      Another, great breed is the Coonhound. Any type of Coonhound is amazing. As a volunteer as soon as i heard coonhound i just thought of it as just one breed, instead after seeing one coon hound after the other come in I realized how many different types there really is. There is a Red ticking coonhound, bassett hounds and many more. Coon hounds are normally used for hunting. Soon after they can no longer hunt, they are put down. Luckily, there are very few coon hounds that are rescued just in time. Those very fortunately coon hounds eventually get adopted and get a second chance at life. They finally feel loved.... which is the way it should always be. 
In my opinion there is no reason for anybody to have a pet, if they are just gonna mistreat it. It's just cruel for these people to abuse innocent animals that have no voice. Luckily rescue organizations like Last Hope are the voice for these amazing animals and hopefully you will join us. 

this is our amazing JohnBoy. As far as I know we don't think he was used for hunting , but his breed is used for hunting all over the country. Might you give my John Boy a second chance at life.
http://lasthopeanimalrescue.org/2013/09/john-boy/


This is Marylou. Marylou is currently at Last Hope but not up for adoption. She is in the process of being trained but within the next few weeks she will be put up for adoption. Might you be the one person Marylou has been waiting for?http://lasthopeanimalrescue.org/2013/10/mary-lou/
And another Pit Bull that we have at our shelter is Drake. Drake has spent 3 years of his short doggy life locked up in cages. May you be Drakes way out of this life, and open up your house to an amazing Pit Bull like him?http://lasthopeanimalrescue.org/2013/11/drake-2/

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