Duke showed up in the night deposit box at the Sacramento City Pound with a note giving many details about him, including that he had been fighting with their other male Bouvier (probably also not neutered) and that the owner had been bitten twice trying to break up the fights. this was enough to get Duke irrevocably condemned as a "dangerous" dog, who could not be released to Rescue. All I was able to obtain was a week reprieve in which to try to locate the owner, who had signed him/herself as "J. Johnson", and pursuade the owner to come and re-claim the dog and turn it over to me. I made over a hundred unsuccessful phone calls to every number listed to any J***** Johnson in the Sacramento area. Meanwhile the membership of Len Gaska's list deluged the Pound, the Mayor, and the media with e-mail, phone calls, etc demanding that Duke be properly evaluated and/or released to me. Ultimately we were sucessful.
 
Duke proved to be a very normal dog who gets along well with dogs and people and is no more dangerous than the average dog, indeed probably much less so than the average dog. I found a wonderful adopter for him , who unfortunately died unexpectedly about a year later. After some further mishaps, Duke wound up with me permanently. Now, five years after his original rescue, he's now 13 years old and getting a bit creaky, but he is a sweet gentle dog and is still enjoying life.