After much deliberation, Tia has decided to move her rescue to New Orleans. Her heart is in the South and it is one of the areas of the country that has been most in need of a pit bull rescue.
With Villalobos getting multiple Animal Control visits over the course of a few weeks, they know that something is up. Tia finally gets a citation from the county for running an illegal kennel and is left to figure out how to protect the dogs -- ...
Recording artist Down, a.k.a Kilo, performs "This Is How We Roll," a music video supporting the work of Villalobos Rescue Center, which is followed in Animal Planet's Pit Bulls & Parolees.
A group of four parolees comes to Villalobos to interview for jobs with the rescue. Tia knows that if one of these guys doesn't find work soon, he may wind up back in prison ... or worse.
Villalobos has to be rebuilt and the parolees are up to the task! But when they need to swing a canopy over a tree they recruit Mariah to do the dirty work.
Tia states her case for Villalobos' locale during a commission hearing, but citizens of Kern County who live nearby air their frustrations around having the rescue center so close.
Tia gets a call from Armando about a pit bull puppy he found in his yard. After meeting the little guy, she and Mando take a walk around the block to see if they can find either more puppies or the mama, or both.
A former pit bull owner is reunited with the dog she had to give up and the tears start to flow. Tia describes this as her most emotional adoption ever.
Blade, a recently rescued pit bull from a pound, has developed a hacking cough and doesn't seem to be himself. Jake fears that Blade could have a distemper - a fatal and very contagious disease -- and rushes him to the vet.
Cameron, normally reserved or cheerful, has begun to take on a more negative demeanor recently. During a grave project he verbally spars with the twins and gets a little abusive.
A potential adopter has her dog Suki greet Tia's dog Spot and things go well at first. But soon it is apparent that Spot is trying to dominate and that leads to a scuffle.
In her first stint as the adoption lead on a case, Tania must make a tough call about a pool in the backyard of a potential adopter. Later we find this family has a history of rescuing pit bulls that used to be fighters.
Tia gets a call from a rescue in Modesto that has a pit bull puppy on its "kill" list. The dog used to belong to a homeless man who died of natural causes. A few days after his owner passed, the puppy had to resort to the unthinkable in order to ...
Tania gives us a tour of her house at Villalobos and we get to learn some interestng things about one of our favorite characters on Pit Bulls & Parolees. Like what she thinks about her roommate ...
Mariah comes home from a night on the town to find that her dogs have completely destroyed her couch. What's worse is her roommate Jake doesn't seem to notice ...
When six of the parolees are late for work Tania and the punctual parolees must clean up after and feed the 200 dogs that are at the ranch. When they show up, she lets them know how upset she is.