Her first documentary, Black Beauty Breed, profiled the Rottweiler highlighting their intelligence and history as a working dog. She fell in love with the breed after rescuing a Rottweiler in 2007 and created the film to give the Rottweiler a fair and more balanced portrayal in the media. The film screened in multiple cities worldwide and garnered domestic and international distribution. Black Beauty Breed has played an active role in redefining the Rottweiler’s image in the media; accurate terms such as “working breed” and “intelligent” are now more commonly used when describing them. During the filming of Black Beauty Breed, Ruiz learned that the Rottweiler and other large breed dogs are prone to bone cancer. She was deeply affected when her own dog was diagnosed with osteosarcoma. She created Forever Faithful to help raise canine cancer awareness and support canine cancer research initiatives.