Craig: Our mission is to rescue, rehabilitate,
and adopt out abused and neglected mostly Pit bull.
I think I'm a lot like a pit bull.
You know, when someone would look at me and think I look mean,
but really I'm not.
So the dog is abandoned, and we're heading there to
try to get him out of there, hey bud.
Hey, hey.
Sit, you gotta sit, sit, sit, good boy, good.
[Barking]
Right here, this is our outdoor kennel.
This is our yard.
So we have approximately 80 and 90 dogs here.
We have probably altogether about 150 dogs under our umbrella.
My name is Craig Fields and I run the New York bully crew.
Our mission is to rescue, rehabilitate
and adopt out, abused, neglected mostly pit bulls,
because there's so many more pit bull type dogs out there.
That's why they're abused more than any other dog. Come on.
But we do rescue any breed that needs help.
So this is Missy. Missy we rescued it's gonna be about a month.
She was stabbed actually eight times.
So this is one here, two, three, four
and then there's five and then he has six right here,
six, seven and eight.
There's eight right there.
It really breaks my heart, that there's people out there doing things like this.
There was a bill passed that making animal cruelty a felony
in every state the federal felony, so it just has to pass the Senate now.
So it'll be a felony, any kind of torture, abuse, neglect,
abandonment is all going to be a felony.
These people really need to pay for what they do to these animals.
It's a really a shame. **** scumbags.
I've had multiple altercations on rescues.
I will do anything to save a dog even if I have to
beat the **** of someone that I beat the **** of someone?
I have a fighting background in MMA.
I've been doing combat sports my whole entire life.
I mean, my whole crew is all fighters.
Everyone I travel with is, is a fighter.
John: Some people are like bully crew, you know, what are you guys bullies?
And we're like, no, actually, the name kind of just reflects
the breed of dog that we concentrated on.
There's a lot of similarities between the bully breeds and,
and fighters believe it or not.
Craig: I think I have an attachment to pit bulls because I think
I'm a lot like a pit bull you know.
someone would look at me and think I look mean,
but really I'm not.
Carol: I never expected Craig to go from MMA to dog rescue.
Watching my son fight in the MMA was,
was not something I was comfortable with.
I'm much happier now that he does this.
We've gotten a lot of dogs that looked literally hopeless.
Now they're sitting on somebody's couch.
Craig: D’Angelo this dog that I rescued he was rolled up in a carpet
and he was 29 pounds now he's 89 pounds right now,
just to show you what he should have weighed.
One day after being in the hospital for 72 hours I, I took him home.
The people who adopted him are like billionaires
and he lives like the best life ever. A
nd he literally is living like a king.
He, he hit the lottery and, and it couldn't happen to a better dog.
We go out on rescues once a day, twice a week, three times a week.
It really fluctuates.
So we are on our way right now to an abandoned house.
So the dog is abandoned, and we're heading there to,
to try to get him out of there. He is a bit aggressive.
You got the hot dogs. If he went to the local shelter,
or if the ASPCA or the sheriff or if anyone had to
come and get him he would be euthanized.
I didn’t want to see him get killed.
Yo he’s gotta come back [Inaudible].
You gotta go through the back?
That's nice a trampoline.
Hey bud, hey, hey it’s okay bud.
[Barking]
Usually people leave dogs behind and we get there
the dogs are so***** happy to see us,
that they knock us over trying to get out.
And then he's the one out of 10 that you know, he’s he's scared.
So right now, right now he's obviously being a little aggressive.
So we're just trying to win him over with the hot dogs.
Oh, yeah, we're the good guys. Right. Son of a ***** It’s okay.
[Barking and Growling]
Craig: Oh yeah. Good boy. There you go, bring it out roll them out, roll them out
keep rolling. Good boy. Okay, come on.
Hey stop, stop. Interviewer: Is he trying to bite you?
He bit you?
Craig: Yeah, blood sweat and tears, right.
If I wasn't an MMA fighter, I probably wouldn't be sitting in this seat
talking to you, right now.
He thought my finger was a hot dog but he's housebroken.
It's all good. My grandfather boxed. My dad boxed.
He taught me how to box and you know, when we boxed he said,
no one's gonna hit you that hard and he was right.
He's definitely a has not been socialized
properly with humans and he does not know how to act.
Joey: He's too scared. Craig: Fearful, right?
Joey: Yeah, if he calms down and he gets more human interaction.
Craig: Rough estimate of how long you think he'll be ready to be adopted,
rough. Joey: I’d say at least three months.
Craig: Three months? Yeah. Joey: Four months.
Craig: Okay, that's not that bad.
He's gonna be the best dog we have in two weeks.
Alright let's do it. He's a happy little fella.
Up, up up, go ahead.
Dogs pick pick up on energy, the calmer you are,
the easier things will be.
Because if I'm scared, he's going to be scared.
But if I'm calm, eventually he'll become calm.
And you saw as I was feeding him little by little, he became calmer and calmer.
And then once we got him out of that he was just, he's a good boy.
All of these dogs, everyone I rescue,
you know, takes a little piece of my heart.
It's a good feeling and you never forget the moment,
you rescue them and neither do they.
And that's and that's a special bond that you always have with that dog.
Lady came from another rescue.
Come on, do your thing, go ahead do your peeps.
come on Lady do your peeps no no no, no.
So he's got double elbow dysplasia, which means that
his his elbows are locked.
So that's why when he walks he walks like that.
All right you can pee on my seat.
I'm keeping him he's not going anywhere.
No one's giving me money. No one, I'm not going to get a brand new car.
I'm not going to get a new house. I'm rescuing that dog.
Because I want to rescue that dog.
George: Craig is definitely, definitely a good boss.
Good, definitely good boss to have.
I'm proud to be a part of New York Bully Crew
gives people a more humane look on like their outlook on life.
Craig: Leaving behind this legacy, is what I'm proudest about .
That bully crew will be around forever, you know long after I'm gone.
Alright, that's a wrap. Good job man.