From one of the very most respected statistics in your dog rescue community come the harrowing, funny, and inspiring stories of nine incredible dogs that shaped her life.

Tia Torres, beloved underdog advocate and celebrity of Animal Planets hit display Pit Bulls & Parolees, chronicles her roller-coaster lifestyle in this heartwarming memoir featuring a few of her best-loved dogs. With inimitable integrity and characteristic brashness, Tia captures the nature and heart of these intelligent and loving canines, about MY ENTIRE LIFE Among the Underdogs: A Memoir while transporting us behind the moments of her Television show, into the center of post-Katrina New Orleans, onto the soundstages of Hollywood films, and even to the jungles of Sri Lanka.

Tia has devoted her life to shattering the stereotype that PIT BULL TERRIERS are dangerous, vicious predators. As the very best dog on the Villalobos Rescue Center in New Orleans, the biggest Pit Bull save in the United States, she and her group possess rescued, rehabilitated, and re-homed hundreds of animals that may otherwise have already been demolished. As she puts it, Most of the tales in this book are about animals (and some humans) that needed someone to believe in them and a purpose to be able to show their true nobility.

Each puppy Tia writes about here has overcome abuse, trauma, neglect, or simply bad luck to become a stalwart, adoring companion to Tia and her family. You’ll match Duke, whose cleverness and matinee-idol looks produced him a superstar in films and music video clips; Junkyard Joe, whose singleminded enthusiasm for rugby balls was channeled into expertise as a drug-sniffing dog; Bluie, the unswerving protector of Tia’s girl Tania; and a host of other unforgettable canines.

MY ENTIRE LIFE Among the Underdogs is most importantly a love tale one that will grip the heart of whoever has ever owned or been owned by a pet dog.