Summary

Chapter 9, “Game Bred,” takes place in July 2013. Harry called his contacts in the dog breeder world and asked around for information on a guy breeding large pit bulls. After going through a dozen contacts, he found a guy who knew about a man named Skip who “trained dogs for the military” (136) at Blue Hills Pit Bulls in the middle of the desert.

Isaiah and Dodson drove to the desert, and we learn that Dodson was afraid of dogs because he had been bitten by his friend’s dogs when he was a child. Nevertheless, they went to the desert and met Skip. Isaiah noted that he “was the same height and weight as the man on the video. He moved the same way too” (138). But Isaiah did not confront him. He pretended to be interested in a dog. Skip gave them a tour...