The Beauty In The Beast
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This is the story of a princess who falls in love with the prince of her dreams. Though he does not ride in on a beautiful white steed, he does bare a lovely white coat himself. This story has a fairytale beginning and a fairytale ending.
Mariah met L.A. in
December 1996. He was a confiscated dog brought in to the
shelter by L.A.P.D. and animal control. Like so many other
Pit Bulls in Los Angeles, he was one of many taken from a
staged dog fighting situation. After spending many weeks in
the shelter while the courts battled against each other,
L.A. was finally free to leave. The animal shelter asked if
we could come down and see this very “special” dog. They
said he had a gentle soul.
Recently, L.A. has been diagnosed with cancer and with each cancerous tumor we remove, a piece of Mariah's heart goes with it. They are both 11 years old now and Mariah realizes that all fairytales have an ending. But for now they still go bike riding together, talk on the phone together like any pre-teen does, and the piano has been replaced by a computer. Both remain in good spirits and continue to live in their own little world, where only they know what each other is thinking. They are both living each moment like it's the last and like any prince he kneels by her side at night to let her know that he will protect her from all evil.
To
Mariah and L.A., this is their kingdom.
And for now, they will continue to live happily ever after.
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She
was only 4 years old and so was he. It was truly love at
first sight. Their first night together was spent in the
bathtub filled with bubbles and him kissing her all over her
cookie stained face.
the
podium and realized that the microphone was too tall, she
jumped up on a chair and L.A. like any gentleman would do,
sat right next to her. The end to her speech, had people on
their feet, cheering with tears in their eyes.
Only
weeks later, they were both asked to be guests on "The Leeza
Show". The segment was about Pit Bulls, dog fighting, etc.
One only needed to watch the final moments of the show as
they left the audience with the final shot of a pretty
little girl in a purple dress with flowers, kissing and
hugging her snowy white, scar faced dog, who reciprocated
her love with a wet tongue.
A
short time later, they were invited to Paramount Studios to
participate in a fund raiser where they were awarded the
"Best Couple". They are true role models for all dog owners
as one has to only watch them for a short time, to see the
relationship between the two. Mariah trained L.A. all by
herself and she has no hesitation in "showing off" his sit,
down, crawl, stay, come, and all off leash in front of a
crowd of unruly dogs.
