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California dog nominated for ‘best cuddler’ award needs new home after her owner gave her up

Pebbles, a seven-year-old American Staffordshire terrier mix, is looking for her forever home

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A dog named Pebbles is looking for her forever home after her owner surrendered her to a shelter.

Seven-year-old Pebbles, an American Staffordshire terrier mix, was surrendered in September 2020 to Best Friends Animal Society’s Los Angeles Pet Adoption Center.

She’s still looking for a loving home.

Pebbles is considered a fun and sweet dog who loves to play with her toys.

Pebbles also reportedly enjoys attention from humans — whether it’s going on walks or running around the yard together.

Pebbles is a seven-year-old dog in Los Angeles, California, who is looking for her forever home. (Best Friends Animal Society)

Pebbles is food motivated and enjoys treats during her training, the shelter said.

Pebbles needs to be in a home with no other dogs, as she does not do well around other canines, the shelter also said.

She is muzzle-trained and walks well on a leash.

More than anything, Pebbles is a big cuddlier, according to the shelter — so much so that she is a nominee for the Best Friends Adoptable Pet Award category, «Best Leading Cuddler.»

Pebbles loves humans and running in the yard, says the shelter. (Best Friends Animal Society)

Headquartered in Utah, Best Friends Animal Society is hosting the first Adoptable Pet Awards in which adoptable pets from across their shelter locations are nominated for various awards.

Those awards include Best Supporting Napper, Best Original Barker, Best Original Meower, Best Costume, Best Leading Cuddler and Best Action Sequence.

The dog nominees are from cities such as Kanab, Utah; New York City; Los Angeles; Houston; Bentonville, Arkansas; and Salt Lake City, Utah.

Anyone interested in voting on the awards can do so via Best Friends social media.

Best Friends Animal Society, headquartered in Kanab, Utah, is hosting its first Adoptable Pet Awards, with eight different award categories — including Beset Original Barker and Best Action Sequence. (Best Friends Animal Society)

The award recipients will be announced on Friday, March 10, 2023.

Best Friends Animal Society CEO Julie Castle said the awards will be fun and engaging.

«By highlighting a handful of adoptable dogs and cats who have been in the shelter system for a significant amount of time, we are hoping to inspire the public to get out there and adopt a pet in need of a home and help us save them all,» she said.

For more information on adopting Pebbles, anyone can email adoptla@bestfriends.org.

Want to read about other pets up for adoption? Check out this recent article from Fox News Digital: Adoptable senior pup in Kentucky stuns in adorable JCPenney pet portraits

Brittany Kasko is a lifestyle production assistant with Fox News Digital.

What is a California dog?

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1. In the prosecution of actions under the provisions of this chapter, it shall not be necessary for the plaintiff to show that the owner, possessor, or harborer of such dog or other animal, had knowledge of the fact that such dog or other animal would kill, wound or worry bovine animals, swine, horses, mules, burros, sheep, goats, or poultry.
2. Any person on finding any dog or dogs, or other animal, not on the premises of the owner or possessor of such dog or dogs, or other animal, worrying, wounding, or killing any bovine animals, swine, horses, mules, burros, sheep, angora or cashmere goats, may, at the time of finding such dog or dogs, or other animal, kill the same, and the owner or owners thereof shall sustain no action for damages against any person so killing such dog or dogs, or other animal. Nothing in this section shall render an owner, possessor, or harborer of a dog liable for the accidental or unavoidable killing or injury of any bovine animal, swine, horse, mule, burro, sheep, angora goat, cashmere goat, or poultry which occurs in connection with or as a incident to the driving or herding the same from the premises of the owner, possessor, or harborer of the dog, whether such killing or injury occurs upon such premises or off of such premises.

1. The owner of any dog is liable for the damages suffered by any person who is bitten by the dog while in a public place or lawfully in a private place, including the property of the owner of the dog, regardless of the former viciousness of the dog or the owner’s knowledge of such viciousness. A person is lawfully upon the private property of such owner within the meaning of this section when he is on such property in the performance of any duty imposed upon him by the laws of this state or by the laws or postal regulations of the United States, or when he is on such property upon the invitation, express or implied, of the owner.
2. Nothing in this section shall authorize the bringing of an action pursuant to subdivision (a) against any governmental agency using a dog in military or police work if the bite or bites occurred while the dog was defending itself from an annoying, harassing, or provoking act, or assisting an employee of the agency in any of the following:
   1. In the apprehension or holding of a suspect where the employee has a reasonable suspicion of the suspect’s involvement in criminal activity.
   2. In the investigation of a crime or possible crime.
   3. In the execution of a warrant. (4) In the defense of a peace officer or another person.
   1. The owner of any dog that has bitten a human being shall have the duty to take such reasonable steps as are necessary to remove any danger presented to other persons from bites by the animal.
   2. Whenever a dog has bitten a human being on at least two separate occasions, any person, the district attorney, or city attorney may bring an action against the owner of the animal to determine whether conditions of the treatment or confinement of the dog or other circumstances existing at the time of the bites have been changed so as to remove the danger to other persons presented by the animal. This action shall be brought in the county where a bite occurred. The court, after hearing, may make any order it deems appropriate to prevent the recurrence of such an incident, including, but not limited to, the removal of the animal from the area or its destruction if necessary.
   3. Whenever a dog trained to fight, attack, or kill has bitten a human being, causing substantial physical injury, any person, including the district attorney, or city attorney may bring an action against the owner of the animal to determine whether conditions of the treatment or confinement of the dog or other circumstances existing at the time of the bites have been changed so as to remove the danger to other persons presented by the animal. This action shall be brought in the county where a bite occurred. The court, after hearing, may make any order it deems appropriate to prevent the recurrence of such an incident, including, but not limited to, the removal of the animal from the area or its destruction if necessary.
   4. Nothing in this section shall authorize the bringing of an action pursuant to subdivision (b) based on a bite or bites inflicted upon a trespasser, or by a dog used in military or police work if the bite or bites occurred while the dog was actually performing in that capacity.
   5. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent legislation in the field of dog control by any city, county, or city and county.
   6. Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect the liability of the owner of a dog under Section 3342 or any other provision of the law.
   7. A proceeding under this section is a limited civil case.
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