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| "Oona Queenie Caldwell" |
Meet Oona. Oona was transfered to the Rescue and Rehabilitation Center from a school that trains people to become dog trainers on September 11, 2000. She was surrendered to the school by military personel transfered to Iraq. She was described by the school as untrainable and unadoptable due to extreme dominance issues.
I'm sure her original owner who named her knew the real issue was that she is "Queenie". On the first day that she came to the rescue and rehabilitation center she expressed her happiness to see Adrienne by jumping up and tearing parts of her clothes off. Later that same day she took a running leap across the room onto the dinning room table and dove head first into Adrienne's dinner. She also stole a large man's leather glove from a guest and swallowed it whole in one gulp so she wouldn't have to give it back.
Initially thought to be a working dog she was tested by U.S. Customs. Although she scored higher than any dog tested in a six month period her test results described her as a "household pet." There begins her permanent residency as a member of Adrienne's pack.
Through gentle calming techniques and relationship based training she now has amazing self control and prances on leash like a horse. Her favorite tricks to perform are cry, growl, speak and howl.
Oona also seems to have a sort of sixth sense for danger. She paced back and forth, panting and whinning just before and during the catastrophies of 9/11 and TWA flight 800. Another time she did the same thing in a car when passing a particular street. As it turns out there was a fatal accident on that black only several hours before. Once she protected Adrienne from danger by not letting her walk down a particular street. She just sat down and refused to move. Three blocks away a man was spotted hiding behind a tree.
In honor of Oona foster a dog for military personel through the Military Pets Foster Project today!