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Note from Our Founder Dear Friends, Meet Mojo Saunders (below). He is one of my favorite Pit Bulls — a smiling ambassador for a breed that needs ambassadors. In honor of this special week to celebrate the Pit Bull, I am asking you to be an ambassador as well. Please visit Petfinder and do a special search on Pit Bulls — you'll find about 10,000 for adoption. If one catches your eye, email her to a friend, add him to your Facebook page or print her page and stick it up on a bulletin board at your office. If each of you reading this will reach out to help one Pit Bull, we can really celebrate next week when we see those Pit Bull adoptions soar. Not sure about Pit Bulls? Read on for more information about a hot Pit Bull issue that may affect your community. Betsy Co-founder Petfinder.com

Happy Tail: Bullish for Bullies From Christine S. of New Jersey: With all of the negative press out there about Pit Bulls, I feel it is important to spread the news about what a wonderful pet we have found in our very own bully-girl. My husband and I were interested in adopting a dog that was at least one year old and not aggressive towards our beloved cats. I spotted Olive one day, remarking how similar to "Petey" from the Little Rascals she seemed, and decided we should investigate further. We went to the John A. Bukowski Shelter for Animals and visited with her. The instant I saw her smiling doggie face, I was hooked! ...continued Olive was adopted from John A. Bukowski Shelter for Animals in Bloomfield, N.J. You can read more heartwarming adoption stories.

Read more happy tails Do You Have a Happy Tail? Send us your Petfinder pet's happy ending story. It will be entered in our monthly Happy 'Tail' drawing, and you may win a Man's Best Friend Fun Pack and a baseball cap from our friends at The Animal Rescue Site.

Treats, Tips & Tidbits FIND 50 NEW WAYS TO PAMPER YOUR PET Our friends at PetPlace.com have produced two special reports that any pet-lover will enjoy: "50 Ways to Spoil Your Dog" and "50 Ways to Spoil Your Cat." Check them out for some great ideas — your best friend will thank you! IT'S ME OR THE DOG We love dog trainer Victoria Stilwell's positive training techniques. Now the no-nonsense Brit is coming to America in her new season on Animal Planet. Learn more. TELL US As Thanksgiving approaches, tell us what being a pet parent has made you most thankful for. We'll report on your responses in November.

HERE'S WHAT YOU SAID Last month we asked what famous person inspired your pet's name, and the answers poured in. Celebrities from movies, TV and sports ranked highest. Sinatra was a three-time favorite. Some readers were inspired by fictional characters like Molly Bloom, Sancho Panza, TV's Alf, and Daphne and Roz from the TV show Frasier. Inventor Charles Kettering was honored with a namesake, and an Alamo hero, William Travis, was remembered as well. Our personal favorite? Jim and Gail White's tribute to 93-year-old blues guitarist David "Honeyboy" Edwards. Honeyboy White CELEBRATE PITS October 25 is Pit Bull Awareness Day. Visit Bless the Bullys to find an event near you, and read our article about pits to learn more about this special breed.

HOWL-O-WEEN The Irish and Scots brought Halloween to America with legends of pixies, brownies, elves and sprites. Here are some wee folk who need your help. SPRITE Olmsted Township, OH ELF Greenville, SC BROWNIE LaGrange Park, IL PIXIE Rochester, NY

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Sponsor Spotlight PETCO Visit PETCO's Nutrition Center, where we feature premium brands of natural and organic food for dogs and cats, using three components to help you find the right food for your pets: the Food Selector, Brand Center and Nutrition Library. Get products & tips on how to keep your pet in the best of health! OUST Give a pet a fresh start, because being homeless stinks. Oust® will donate 50c for every Oust® online coupon redeemed to the Petfinder.com Foundation to help save homeless pets. DOGPILE Add Petfinder to Your profile. Dogpile has created new widgets that let you promote homeless pets to your friends on Facebook or MySpace. Find them in our download center.

Foundation News THE ANIMAL RESCUE SITE $100,000 SHELTER + CHALLENGE Help your local shelter win! Vote once a day for your favorite shelter. Click here to cast your vote! SOMEONE NEEDS YOUR HELP A pet is waiting for you to help with his/her housing, food and vet bills. Learn more about our Sponsor a Pet program. Find a participating organization or watch for the "Sponsor Me" icons on pet notes pages.

The Petfinder.com Foundation is a public charity created to assist Petfinder shelters and rescue groups through problem solving, fundraising, and relief in times of stress or disaster. Petfinder provides a searchable database of animals that need homes from over 11,500 animal shelters and adoption agencies across the USA, Canada and Mexico, free ads for lost, found, adoptable and wanted pets, pet-related message boards, a library of pet information, and pet-related content for kids. Since its inception, Petfinder has helped find homes for more than 12 million pets. Privacy Policy Petfinder is part of: Discovery Communications, LLC. One Discovery Place Silver Spring, MD 20910 © 2008 Discovery Communications, LLC.