Overcoming the odds: Deaf pit bull adopted after lengthy shelter stay
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Atticus Fagan, a weekend worker at the Humane Society of Harford County, spent years teaching Kobe, a deaf pit bull with anxiety, hand signals and vibrating-collar communication, eventually fostering and adopting him after the shelter struggled to find him a home.
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