I've seen just about every "dog" movie out there, but I'd never even heard of this one before. I was channel surfing last night and came across it on TMCa. Brute, the Colby dog, caught my eye and I ended up watching the whole wretched thing...
The back story involves Pit Bull fighting.
http://www.ahafilm.info/movies/mr.phtml?fid=7732
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hUHB5UxSX0