Meet Buca
Posted on September 6, 2007
Filed Under Success Stories
When Donna found “Czar,” she knew she was probably his last hope. He had been neglected, and she knew about his “unpredictable behavior.” Such animals are not exactly a hot commodity, and it takes an extremely committed person to take on such a task. Donna gave him a new home, a new life, and a new name, “Buca.” At first he seemed to adjust to his new home very well, but after a couple of weeks his aggressive tendencies made a comeback. He nipped the hand of a human neighbor, and the noses of several local dogs. Buca’s bites were severe enough to draw blood, but luckily no one was badly injured. Still, this was a very dangerous situation. Donna read everything she could about how to deal with aggressive dogs. She quickly found many different, often contradictory approaches to this one serious problem! Then, as if she didn’t have enough hardship, Donna broke her leg, having to rely on her neighbors Holly, Joe, Jeff, and me to help with Buca.
This is when things began to change. Simply separating Buca from “his person” seemed to shift his attitude immediately. It’s something we see all the time. Dogs play very specific roles within their pack. In this case, the pack consisted of one terribly nervous and frustrated human, and one dog who moved into the position of protector.
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This is a very well written article. It not only was informative but enjoyable.