Miss Peaches, a six-year-old American pit bull, stole the center of Barstool Sports activities founder Dave Portnoy and is quickly capturing the adoration of social media customers world wide.
“Miss Peaches is an angel,” Portnoy advised the “Fox & Mates” co-hosts Thursday morning as his gray and brown pooch sat perched in his lap.
“She’s the sweetest factor ever.”
Miss Peaches was rescued by LifeLine Animal Mission in Atlanta together with 26 different canine.
Portnoy stated the animals had been victims of neglect, hoarding and a breeding state of affairs.
After listening to about Miss Peaches, Portnoy flew to Atlanta and introduced her residence.
“She’s had a horrible life up ‘until a couple of week in the past,” he defined. “She went from outhouse to penthouse.”
Movies from Miss Peaches’ Instagram web page, @famousmisspeaches, doc the duo’s relationship from the second they met.
From snuggling in mattress to lounging on the seaside, on-line followers can see the bond Portnoy and Miss Peaches have developed in a matter of days.
And now social media customers are serving to different canine in related conditions.
With Miss Peaches’ Instagram following exploding to just about 300,000, Portnoy stated she has the fastest-ever rising Barstool social media account – and he’s utilizing that following to lift cash for LifeLine Animal Mission.
“We’ve been promoting t-shirts. We’ve raised, truly, now about $150,000 for the group that saves canine,” he defined.
Miss Peaches has her personal web page on the on-line Barstool Sports activities storefront with hoodies and t-shirts that characteristic her face and an encouragement to “Undertake Don’t Store.”
“Have a look at this face!” Portnoy stated as he leaned right down to kiss Miss Peaches’ brow.
“We’ve been round for 20 years. No one has grown as quick [online] as Miss Peaches. She doesn’t even know she’s a famous person. She’s simply the identical previous Miss Peaches.”
Portnoy reiterated his message to these seeking to deliver a canine into their residence – “Undertake. Don’t store.”
“I’m a agency believer there’s no such factor as unhealthy canine, solely unhealthy house owners,” he stated.
“I like all canine. With so many canine, great canine like Miss Peaches are on the market and wish loving houses.”
