Do the kids make money fighting the pit bulls?
(Donna) No. There’s a lot of street-corner fighting in Oakland with pit bulls, with some betting, but most of the fighting is just machismo. Young urban guys saying, “My dog can beat your dog!” Is $50 for a puppy the top price? (Donna) If pit bull puppies have “blue” coats they can get up to $500 each. Blue is the fad color now; it’s a diluted black that looks like gray. A recessive gene. Breeders are forcing the two recessives together to get the cash crop and this is creating lots of freak dogs with health problems, nervousness, even human aggression. Let’s get back to Rupert. Describe his personality. (Amber) He’s very charismatic. He thinks all the world is a friend, which amazes me, because sometimes the world can be real nasty to him. He was made President of Bad Rap in the beginning, before we had a human president. When did BAD RAP start? What does it do? (Donna) My husband Tim and I have been rescuing all breeds of dogs for 17 years and we got hooked into doing solely pit bull
