Mussolini(VBF038) was born on March 28, 2004 to the Balrog Mob. Her mother was Viv'e and her father was a rover named Stinker. Mussolini had two other litter-mates, one brother named Castro(VBM036) and one sister named Gadafi(VBF037). The Balrog had been named after their first long-term dominate male, Balrog. These three pups were the first surviving pups born in the Balrog in almost a year. Their mother was not the dominant female but their aunt Velvet, who could have killed the pups. However she had not pups at the time and none of the other adult adult females were pregnant at the time either. None of the Balrog females had managed to raise a sucessful litter during the past year so Mussolini and her two litter-mates were accepted by dominate female Velvet. All three pups survived the