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A Happy Ending for Bruno the Homeless Dog

A local woman found a dog off Lavista Road in February and told Patch about it. Now the "bull-doggish" dog has a home.

People love their dogs around here. In February, Lee-Ann Williams, a local resident . A month later, it seems Bruno's found a home. It's not news you're likely to see on FOX tonight, but, hey, it's not deli employees getting robbed at gunpoint either. Which is good.

Here's an e-mail Williams sent to North Druid Hills-Briarcliff Patch recently:

I wanted to give you a follow-up on the dog I found. We ended up fostering him. We got some help from Pit Bull Rescue Central and from a small local rescue [group] called Doggie Harmony. Also, a couple of neighbors spontaneously made contributions, which was very nice. I still don't know if he was the same dog as the stray dog on Frazier Road. If so, it's really a shame nobody picked him up before, because he was a perfect house dog. Housetrained, crate-trained, didn't chew, non-aggressive, affectionate – a perfect dog, if a bit slobbery.

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I work for the corporate office of Home Depot. One of my co-workers saw the picture of the dog (I called him Bruno) that I had posted on the outside of my cubicle. He came by for about a week before he talked to me and told me he was interested in adopting Bruno. I had gotten very scared by this time because I had heard many stories of pit bull exploitation. Once you have one of these dogs, you find out how abused they often are. With a smaller one like Bruno, the biggest fear is that someone will sell them to pit fighters to be used as bait for the fighting dogs. Horrible! So, I was very happy to find someone with a good home who really likes dogs and wanted to take care of a dog. I brought him over to meet his new owner today. Although Bruno never met anyone he didn't like, he and the new owner seemed to bond very well. When I left, they were out on the porch, hanging out and getting acquainted.

If you decide to do a follow-up story, one thing I would like people to know is this: If you find a stray and have room in your home, there are lots of rescue organizations out there who will help you. This is the second stray I have fostered, and both times the rescue agencies really helped out with money and advice. Both dogs found new homes, and my whole family had a rewarding experience. Even though it's a hassle to keep a dog, and, conversely, it's hard to give them up, in the end it feels really good to do this for another creature.

The end.

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