Pit Boss

Shorty Rossi, an ex-con who runs a talent-management company, and his friends rescue and rehabilitate pit bulls in Los Angeles. In the series opener, Shorty runs into trouble while trying to find an abandoned dog's owner.

Shorty retrieves a mistreated pit bull from its negligent owner. Later, he tries to rescue a dog about to be euthanized at a shelter.

The team tries to help a man struggling to make ends meet keep his pooch. Meanwhile, Ronald is unhappy about a job that involves wearing a crawfish costume.

Sebastian, Ronald and Ashley return from the animal shelter with a pit bull; Ashley visits an LA comedy club; Shorty and Seb plan a surprise birthday for Ronald and Ashley.

Shorty and his staff settle into their new offices, then probe the case of a stray pit bull that may have been involved in dog fighting causing Shorty to break one of his own rules.

A trucking employee must contain his rescue animal in 48 hours or its Death Row; the staff gets a gig at a Renaissance fair.

A nighttime rescue in a deserted building in downtown Los Angeles goes horribly wrong when Sebastian is not able to hear Shorty's shouts for assistance; Shorty and his team go to great lengths to fulfill a young Make-A-Wish Foundation recipient's wish.

Shorty goes to Denver to try to change the minds of lawmakers who have passed breed-specific legislation that bans pit bulls from being inside the city limits; Shorty helps reunite a pit bull owner with her dogs and joins a nonviolent protest.

Shorty and his team help raise money for an impounded dog in serious need of a leg operation; Shorty attempts to convince the owners of three abused pit bulls to surrender their dogs; Ashley gets stage fright prior to her improvisational performance.

Shorty and Ashley hear about a puppy that is trapped in a car, so they call on Hercules to find it before time runs out; a rescue in a graveyard goes terribly wrong, and Shorty's new employees are caught in a deadly situation.

Shorty and his new rescue crew hear about a stranded pit bull and spring into action; choppy water and a drifting houseboat put an operation and lives in peril; Ashley attempts to convince Ronald and Sebastian to return to Shorty's Rescue.

Sebastian goes on a rescue mission at a horse stable in hopes of repairing his damaged relationship with Shorty; a situation gets out of hand when a pit bull faces off with an agitated mare; Ashley tries to show Shorty that she can be a good manager.

Shorty and Hercules hit the road to promote pit bull tolerance and his new book, but Shorty ponders what being an open book to the world will mean to his family: Ashley is left in charge but it's possible that the power may be going to her head.

Shorty may expand his operation after a local rescue refuses to taken in pit bulls; Ashley gets the chance to show growth as a manager when a deal goes bad; Seb wants to devote more time to pit bulls, but Ronald is still fixed on stardom.

Shorty has a new pit bull kennel up and running but he may have underestimated how much hard work there was to be done and what kind of shape he was in to do it. Ashley feels she needs to devote her time to the talent-agency and not the kennel.