Wallace

Wallace, a Pit Bull is the subject of this video as well as a new book by Jim Gorant, author of The Lost Dogs, about Michael Vick's rescued pit bulls. Wallace was rescued as a pup by Roo and Clara Yori, who also adopted one of Vick's former dogs, named Hector.

“This dog had a number of things going against him — from prejudice against his breed to an unstable background — and he goes from the lowest of lows to the highest of highs," Gorant says. "It's a classic narrative journey from rags to riches."

A friend introduced Roo, Wallace's owner to the sport of canine disc, and it turns out that Wallace makes a pretty amazing disc champion. Pretty unusual for a pit bull--which is the point.

The new book is called Wallace and it proves for its author, a Sports Illustrated editor, that once you start writing about the canine world, it is hard not to fall in love with the stories that come your way!