Shorty Rossi of Shorty's Ranch

Who wants to visit Shorty’s Ranch in Mexico? This is 25 years in the making. Ranchito de Shorty, a private mini ranch, is not a rescue center or animal shelter, it’s the permanent home of our family’s non-adoptable animals, including pit bulls/bully-type dogs, cats, chickens, turkeys, ducks, quails, peacocks, and more.Omar, his wife Paola, and I reside on the ranch.
I traded in my 2000 sq ft house for a 300 sq ft trailer, occupying only about 5% of the ranch. The rest is dedicated to our animal family.

Animal Planet gave us the chance to help the breed on the show “Pit Boss,” which ran for six seasons. After that, I decided to make Mexico my permanent home for various reasons and have been here 16 yrs. We continue our mission of saving animal lives, and none of my goals or dreams could have predicted that I would go from a young thug/gangbanger to a convict, a felon, and eventually, a reality TV star, all while living on a tiny ranch, rescuing animals, and running a clinic.
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