Jobster designer Carol Chapman and her dog Sampson are quoted in this Sunday’s Seattle Time in an article called Pit Bills: Most dangerous of dogs or least understood?.

Sampson is frequent visitor to the offices here and one of the gentlest dogs you’ll ever meet.

Five years ago, Web-site designer Carol Chapman adopted a black-and-tan brindle American pit bull named Sampson through the Pit Bull Project, one of three local rescue organizations that helps place abandoned dogs in homes and improve their public image.

Sampson was among many dogs used as a stud in a home-breeding operation in Bremerton. When his owners were arrested on drug charges, it was a month before animal control learned that 20 pit bulls had been abandoned on the property. By the time officials arrived, 10 dogs were dead and five were so sick they had to be euthanized. Sampson was among the five who survived on trash in the house.

The experience did not ruin Sampson. “He’s really mild-mannered and kind of a coward,” says Chapman. “He breaks up cat fights. He’s kind of like a peacekeeper.”