South Bay Best in Show: A lucky trio from San Pedro

Here are three rescue dogs that share a home (and, lucky for them, a get-away ranch property) with the woman who founded San Pedro Dogs, a home-based business that makes pet treats.

Oh yeah, and the resident dogs also get to be the taste testers. A ranch, homemade treats -- lucky, lucky dogs. What a deal is that?

(Look for more Best in Show dogs her on the blog over the next few days. For details on getting your dog featured as a South Bay Best in Show, check out our earlier post.)

So here's the first of the San Pedro Dogs, Reba. (By the way, the breed IDs here are pretty exact, thanks to some DNA breed testing):

Breed: Pit/shepherd/Rhodesian Ridgeback

Name: Reba, after Reba McEntire (hair color and eye makeup)

Found: In the Harbor Shelter (mobile pet adoption at PetCo)

Personality: No pain, no fear, no boundaries

Trick: High 5

Best habit: very protective

Worst habit: hunts EVERYTHING

Favorite thing to do: take her to the ranch to go with me on horseback rides, she is right next to me the whole time

Next up, Scotty:

Breed: Akita/Shar Pei/Sheba Inu

Name: Scotty after Scotty Emerick (to stay with the country music theme)

Found: bought him off the side of the road from people selling puppies

Personality: total lover

Trick: none, really

Best habit: loves other dogs

Worst habit: herds cows

Favorite thing to do: take him to the ranch and watch him wear himself out

And finally, Kimba (cute-cute-cute):

Breed: Belgian Tervouren and Cairn terrier

Name: named after the white Lionesse ... that's what she looked like as a baby

Found: Carson Shelter (was only supposed to foster her for a few days)

Personality: protective, paranoid

Trick: none, really

Best habit: very protective

Worst habit: hunting squirrels

Favorite thing to do: take her to the ranch and watch her run wild.