Mr. Burns: April 2011 Archives
He was once called Mr. Burns after he was rescued in 2009 in an auto shop fire in Gardena.
Months of hospitalization were required to restore his health, but then local rescue groups could never find a permanent home for him.
Close to being euthanized, the Akita-chow mix -- now named Hachi -- is home at last.
Read the full story at petfinder.
Below is the October 2009 photo taken by Daily Breeze photographer Brad Graverson. The dog was still undergoing rehabilitation at Affordable Veterinary Care in Torrance:

Months of hospitalization were required to restore his health, but then local rescue groups could never find a permanent home for him.Close to being euthanized, the Akita-chow mix -- now named Hachi -- is home at last.
Read the full story at petfinder.
Below is the October 2009 photo taken by Daily Breeze photographer Brad Graverson. The dog was still undergoing rehabilitation at Affordable Veterinary Care in Torrance:




Daily Breeze reporter Donna Littlejohn has shared her homes with a succession of wonderful, funny, and occasionally difficult canines -- Muffin, Fritz, Ellie, Mercy, Pilgrim and now Cowboy, an Australian shepherd-border collie, and Tess, a border collie. From strong-willed terriers to weirdly obsessed Australian shepherds, they've invaded her world with boundless energy, wet noses, muddy paws and soggy tennis balls. But they've really brought so much more than that -- like laughter and joy, some unexpected life lessons, and more than a few tears along the way.
Josh Grossberg grew up with the usual array of animals: goldfish, dogs, hamsters, parakeets and turtles. He now owns the loudest dog in the South Bay(