Andrea Rosebrock 
In December when I told you about D-Boy, he was recovering from three gunshot wounds that he took protecting his family. To them, his status as a hero is a given but it’s awfully sweet to get the recognition that the HSUS’ “Dog of Valor” award gives him.
“If he wouldn’t have distracted the guy, the guy probably would’ve shot me,” said Roberta Shoemaker. “I didn’t know what to do he told me to get down on the ground, and I was so scared, I couldn’t move.”
“If he wasn’t there and wouldn’t have done what he did, I could’ve came home to no family,” Angelic Shoemaker said.
After 600 votes between 15 canine hero finalists, D-Boy came out on top.
“D-boy’s story really touched the heart of the majority of the voters and he won the dog version of the People’s Choice Award,” said Cynthia Armstrong, director of the Oklahoma Humane Society of the U.S.
D-Boy’s family really hopes that this will help to change the undeserved reputation of pitbulls as dangerous, vicious dogs. “All pits are not bad,” Roberta Shoemaker said. “I mean, just because of the breed of the dog, doesn’t mean they’re bad.”
D-Boy, fully recovered, is back to being the happy, friendly and playful dog he always was and many thanks from the Shoemaker family go out to the Oklahoma City community who rallied and helped to pay D-Boy’s medical expenses.
Way to go D-Boy! It’s wonderful to see a dog recognized for its valor but the fact that the dog is a pitbull makes it even more outstanding!
Kudos to D-Boy. What a brave thing to do. That is what a dog does, protects it's owners. Especially when they are happy and loved. Just think of what could have happened if he wasn't there. Maybe this will open people's minds that pit bulls are not bad, people make them that way. This is also the case with all dogs. People make them what they are. Any dog that has a good loving home gives it back ten-fold.
MOE, you said that wonderfully. I certainly hope D-Boy's beautiful face and story is covered by television news reports, newspapers and magazines. This will hopefully show the general public that pit bulls are good dogs. I know from personal experience that the love you give to your fur babies is worth its weight in gold. There is nothing that would compare to the love and devotion between a human and their dog.
WTG D-Boy! I am proud of you and your human family!
The perfect pup , good work pal
D-Boy is a great dog and his family is lucky to have him. Pits are wonderful pets if you realize what they need to have a good life. Congrats to the dog and his family.
It's usually all the bad stories that make headlines , take that BSL idiots
Very true, Terry, that's why I make it a point to highlight the good news stories about pitties so that people can see the other side that so much of the mass media likes to ignore. As you, and so many others here, so well know, they can be such wonderful dogs!
D.
Whooooo Hooooo D-Boy!!! I am so glad you are back to your good ol playful self. You are a beautiful HERO! Lucky family to have such a fabulous dog in their presence. Yep…I'm with you Terry….take that….all you BSL idiots. That has to tell you the truth about these beauties. I wish this would open their blind eyes, but we all know how very ignorant those fools are…don't we?
whooow pitbull really is the greatest breed that has been missunderstood…. wish everyone in the world could see this and stop making them self look smarter(like a fool) by spreading that they know what an american pitbull is!