Today is the Fourth of July, and it wouldn’t be complete without an installment of The Archives and another historical pit bull terrier representing the United States. Archive #9 is a postcard produced during the onset of WWI, by artist Wallace Robinson.
These historical artifacts tell an important story. In the case of Archive #8, it shows how a match in Kentucky between Lloyd’s Pilot and Kreiger’s Crib for the (first) American Championship in 1881, created s spike in interest of breeding pit bull terriers in the United States for the purpose of sport.
In this sixth episode of the inaugural season, I find myself in the right place at the right time, noticing the beginning stage of the movement to repeal pit bull laws in Ohio with the downfall of Lucas County Dog Warden Tom Skeldon, and the repeal of Toledo’s pit bull law.
I’ve been preparing for this day to come for nearly four years, and yet here I am saying to myself – I can’t believe she’s gone.
While in the middle of a mental health crisis, I began exploring other creative outlets – such as photography, towards the end of 2014 in an attempt to get out of my head for just a bit.
By now, even non-sports fans probably know that the team name for the Major League Baseball franchise here in Cleveland changed to the Guardians to start the 2022 MLB season after 106 years of being referred to as the Indians.
In the spring of 2022, I was contacted by a well known dog training company in the greater Cleveland called Elite K911 Dog Training & Behavior looking to do a branded promotional video about their growing business.
Sometime over the summer of 2023, I was contacted by a friend named Lennie Stover. I was introduced to Lennie in 2018 through a contact I made during the pre-production phase of a documentary – “Train Ave”, I was directing and producing at the time.
In this fifth episode – titled “An Advocate Is Born“, of the inaugural season of the “I Am Human. This Is My Dog.” podcast, I uncover two invaluable lessons that force me to not only ask the questions I know, but also begin to question and critically think about what I previously thought I know is true.
