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source Press of Atlantic City.com


By BRIAN IANIERI Staff Writer,
Published: Saturday, January 26, 2008


The story of "Bo the show dog" is like a Jack London novel. Just replace dogsleds and the call of the wild with primping and daily tooth brushing.

Bo was a puppy living with females when his jealous 250-pound father mauled him, his teeth clenched around Bo's throat so tight that pepper spray wouldn't stop him.

Bo was 10 months old, and his father saw him as competition for the females.

Following that incident, Bo, a mastiff, shivered at his own shadow. His breeder gave him to the veterinarian, whose mastiff had just died from bone cancer.

That vet acclimated Bo to people again and built his confidence around other animals.

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