Pit Bull Rescue looking for iconic logo design

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Logo Design Brief
We are a new Pit Bull rescue based in the DC area called Vindicated Pit Bull Rescue. We are dedicated to restoring the reputation of the misunderstood Pit Bull. Vindicated is a very strong word, and we are looking for a logo to convey that, but it also needs to be soft and appealing to any age group. We would like to eliminate the use of yellow, red, and aqua. The final design should communicate hope, strength, loyalty, and faith. It needs to be easily readable from banner size, to business card size.
Updates
Hi, sorry I had not had a chance to completely update the brief. It's been updated. Please note we would prefer a full body dog, looking up, but a simple head would work also. We just want to avoid the "chopped off" head look. Simple, clean, and easily read at a large and small scale. Thank you all so much for your submissions already!
Added Tuesday, August 26, 2014
Hi, I just added a reference photo for the ears. This is how we would like them to look. Thank you for all of your hard work so far!!
Added Wednesday, August 27, 2014
Industry/Entity Type
Business
Logo Text
Vindicated Pit Bull Rescue
Logo styles of interest
Pictorial/Combination Logo
A real-world object (optional text)



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Requirements
Nice to have
- A dog as the logo, preferred to have full body, looking up to indicate "hope".
Should not have
- Chains, spikes, "mean" looking dogs, or too much detail that would make the image hard to read on a small scale.