02/21/2026
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Gertie + Vinnie
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Sharing how amazing it is to love and be loved by pit bulls!
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2520 IL State Route 176 Ste #11
Prairie Grove, IL
60014-2227
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Gertie was adopted from It’s a Pittie Rescue on June 11, 2014 — where she was estimated to be 6 months old. I gave her the birthday of November 30, 2013 (tribute to my first cat, Qi, who passed on that day a year earlier — sometimes I wonder if they share parts of the same soul). When she came home she had just had knee surgery and was on crate lockdown for her first 6 weeks with me. They didn’t know her back story, and I hope it wasn’t horrible — but how you part ways with this little beauty is beyond me. Once she was fully healed, we walked everywhere (it is normal for us to do about 5 miles a day walking or hiking or running). She is one of the sweetest dogs I’ve ever met. She’s tiny but mighty. She’s funny and sassy. She’s smart and loving. She’s the full package. Three and half years later Vinnie was adopted from Players for Pits on January 1, 2018. He was a 90 lb, 4 year old (born September 11, 2013), black pit bull covered in scars from his mast cell tumors being removed. Needless to say, he was hard to adopt out. But those were the reasons that attracted me to him. And then once we met, well, it was all over. He came from a hoarders house and was never really trained to be a dog. The work Players for Pits did with him, especially his first foster Becki, was incredible. He still has a lot of things to learn — he just gets so excited to meet new people or do new things, and that’s a lot to calm down in a 90 lb pup — but he learns so fast and really just wants to be acknowledged for his efforts by his parents. This page is to share their story — to show you how wonderful pit bulls are as companions. The stereotype given to them, the horrible humans who abuse them, and the breed-specific legislation created against them is pure ignorance. So we’ll also share news pieces that keep us all up to date on what is happening, and share with you the efforts and needs of the non-profs like It’s a Pittie Rescue and Player for Pits who are working tirelessly to improve the world for these pups (and us too).
