Who's runnin this joint?
Bully Roundup started early summer of 2009 and began as just a group of people getting together to play with their dogs. Soon questions starting arising, such as "what if we invited other people to play?" "what if we turned this into a pit bull thing?" Not long after, Bully Roundup was born.
We've had over 30 Roundups and over 40 different participants! We're constantly expanding and meeting new people and their dogs. Bully Roundup has started the 2010 year off with a facelift and goals that include summer training classes, Canine Good Citizenship preparation and testing, and educational classes for the community.
We all come from different backgrounds but have one thing in common, a love of dogs. It's our hope that by supplying a safe place for bully owners and their lovers to come play, we'll encourage the positive socialization that's needed for the not-so-common dog-social bully.
President and Co-Founder
Amanda Bloom is a web-designer! She's 24 and has
built Bully Roundup from the ground up over the last year. Having been involved with dogs in one way or another, Amanda has a passion that's unchanged since her first days at a pet store over 10 years ago. Working with pit bulls all began when a tiny little white puppy was left on the counter of her job. It was her disgust with back-yard breeders, a love of the breed, and a hate of the negative image on pit bulls that drove her to work so hard to make what Bully Roundup is today.
LeiLei
Previously owned by an abuser who starved and beat her, she was rescued to save her life. When taken in, she was skin and bone and lack-luster in all departments. After a few months of intensive care, training, and love, LeiLei rediscovered what it was to share that big pit bull smile and has become a dog-tolerant Canine Good Citizen!
Treasurer and Co-Founder
La Reanna LaGuire is a 23 year old Para-Educator. She has also been with Bully Roundup from the beginning and loves the whole idea of it. Although she has never owned a pitbull, she has a deep compassion for them and wants to see a change in societies outlook on pitbulls. She is a huge animal lover and has had dogs around her all of her life. Onyx is her current dog and she hopes to get him certified as a therapy dog and to own a home soon to become a foster parent to shelter-bound pits.
Onyx
Onyx is a 1 year old Affenpinscher. He was purchased from a breeder in Eastern Washington at 16 weeks old. He is a very quirky, affectionate, and hyper dog. Although he isn't a pitbull, he attends Bully Roundup quite regularly. He is known as the running stuffed animal that the pitties like to chase and play with. He has a very happy personality and just loves his human and attention from anyone!
Joe
Coming soon!
Cow
Not only is she an American Pit Bull Terrier, but she’s also deaf. As if those two things weren’t enough, she was abandoned by the back yard breeder who owns her parents at a mere 5 weeks old. Luckily Amanda was working at the pet store he dropped her at, and took her home to foster her. Now, as she approaches her second birthday in April 2010, she’s an AKC-certified Canine Good Citizen, and a shining star breed ambassador, improving the pit bull’s image one tail-wag at a time.
