Gratuitous Photo of a Pit Bull Superhero

by Stephanie Ernst · 2009-02-15 18:44:00 UTC
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This is Mabel (introduced previously, with another adorable photo, here). Really, is it just me, or is the lack of cape the only thing keeping her from looking like a pit bull superhero in this photo? (And yes, I wrote a post decrying the practice of dressing up dogs. These boots are not a fashion accessory. They are absolutely necessary in wintry weather because Mabel here apparently has the world's softest, most sensitive paw pads, and the snow and ice tore up each pad, one by one, in the first couple days after the snow fell. No amount of caution and post-walk cleaning could keep those paws protected--thus, boots.)

Stephanie Ernst wrote the original Animal Rights blog at Change.org until December 2009. She can now be found at Animal Rights & AntiOppression.
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