

My Life Among the Underdogs
A Memoir
Author: Tia Torres
Narrator: Tia Torres
Unabridged: 5 hr 51 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: HarperAudio
Published: 01/15/2019
Categories: Nonfiction, Pets
Author: Tia Torres
Narrator: Tia Torres
Unabridged: 5 hr 51 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: HarperAudio
Published: 01/15/2019
Categories: Nonfiction, Pets
Tia Torres is the founder and proprietor of Villalobos Rescue Center, the largest Pit Bull facility in the United States, and the star of the hugely popular Animal Planet show Pit Bulls & Parolees, which has been on the air since 2009. After serving six years in the army, Torres worked for a Los Angeles city program to curb gang violence, serving as a liaison between the city and gang members. She also became an advocate for Pit Bulls, forming the Pit Bull Support Group, which offered free classes and assistance for Pit Bull owners. In 2006, she launched Underdawgz, a program that pairs parolees with rescue dogs. Tia lives somewhere in the swamps of south Louisiana with eight dogs.
A book filled with heartwarming and heart wrenching stories. My hat is off to those that devote their lives to rescuing ,and rehabilitating those without a voice. Great read,would recommend the book and her show on Animal Planet "Pit bulls and Parolees"......more
I don’t know if there has been a book that has made me laugh and cry as much. It definitely is one that I am happy to add to my ‘dogs-favorite-books’ shelf. Although books around dog rescue seem to have an easier time being good enough to get there, this book shines more with getting to know the aut......more
I had trouble figuring out which book I wanted to read next last night, so I decided to /start/ Tia's book this morning....and promptly finished it about four hours later. I love this book for a lot of reasons. It's very reminiscent of Sy Montgomery's How To Be A Good Creature without the usual anima......more
This memoir has lots of ups and downs, but such a great read. Tia and pit bulls are an inspiration to me! I hope she writes another book.......more
The amount of times I cried 😭😭😭 I really enjoyed this book, from the colorful stories of some really sweet Pits, to even the horrors of humanity that make innocent animals suffer, it was a good and emotional read. As a lover of Pits and owner of one really really good boy myself, the amount of fear......more