Does the dog die?
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Pit Bulls and Parolees
TV Show • 2009 • Documentary
ReportFollow Tia Torres, founder of Villalobos Rescue Center, and her family as they rehabilitate both felons and ill-reputed pit bulls who come together to rescue one another from their dim pasts, and bring new meaning to life.
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Dogs are sometimes shown reaching end of life, or having to be euthanized due to illness, but rarely does a dog die onscreen. However, there is one episode where rescuers attempt to revive a puppy on the way to an emergency vet and are sadly unsuccessful. This causes the rescuers to break down emotionally. In another episode, Tia breaks down when she learns a favorite dog has passed peacefully from cancer.
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Are animals abused?
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Dogs are very often rescued from abusive situations, including dog fighting.
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None is shown, but many dogs are rescued from fighting situations.
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Is there a dead animal?
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Dead animals are very rarely shown.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Is someone tortured?
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Some dogs are rescued from unspeakably abusive situations.
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Is there domestic violence?
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Does someone die by suicide?
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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Are needles/syringes used?
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Vet care for dogs is sometimes shown, including vaccinations and blood draws.
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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Some of the dogs do. One dog is so profoundly affected that even Tia recommends euthanizing it.
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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Tia's son and his family survive a house fire, but lose everything.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Is there amputation?
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One or two rescues result in the dog losing a leg.
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Does a woman get slapped?
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Is there addiction?
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Some of the parolees struggle with addiction. Others celebrate sobriety.
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Does someone break a bone?
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Both people and dogs are shown to have been injured. At one point, Tia's son is hospitalized after a motorcycle accident.
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Again, not on screen, but some parolees have a history of alcohol abuse.
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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Dogs sometimes have to be rescued from very tight places, sometimes with the threat of structural collapse.
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Does someone spit?
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Dogs slobber and sometimes fart.
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Not on screen, but some parolees have drugs on their record.
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
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Most are bleeped.
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Is someone homeless?
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Some Villalobos employees came from homeless situations. They also occasionally help the dogs of homeless people. One dog is surrendered because her homeless owner has to return to her home country for medical treatment.
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Is someone restrained?
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Dogs and cats are sometimes trapped, but no human restraints or arrests are shown outright.
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Does someone have cancer?
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Several canine examples, but most notable is Chong, an American bulldog and littermate to Cheech. His passing causes Tia to break down weeping on the side of the road when she hears of it.
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