In addition to her studies, twenty-year-old Kayla Filoon worked as a dog sitter at a dog boarding house that cared for strays and rescue dogs.

One day, Russ, a pit bull, arrived. And Kayla realized she needed to bring him home immediately..

Kayla told The Dodo, “He came in looking like a stray dog who had been beaten.”
“His tail and ears lacked fur. “He was also very frail,” she adds:
“He merely sat there staring at me, completely at ease.” Now, I must take him with me, I reasoned.