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Dog Returned To Shelter Is Too Sad To Go On Walks
Hunched over, her face pressed against the wall, Lana is a portrait of rejection.
She arrived in Toronto, Canada, when she was very young, the runt of a very large litter in Mexico.
"Lana was terrified of everything," Dahlia Ayoub of Mighty Mutts tells The Dodo. "She was literally the size of my hand."
Lana was kept in a foster program, which had her spending short stints with families until she could be placed somewhere permanently. There were no issues, Ayoub says.
Eventually, when Lana was five-and-a-half months old, a family stepped forward to give her a real home.
And then those guarding issues — from when she was a puppy and had to compete with siblings for food — suddenly surfaced.
"She snapped at the mom," Ayoub explains. "And they decided because they have kids in the house to bring her back to boarding."
Ayoub describes Lana as "silly, sweet." She's great with other animals, and the above incident was the only time her guarding instinct surfaced. Yet, Lana was returned to the kennel.
"She just shut down," Ayoub says. "It's almost like her world shut down."
For a whole day, Lana was unresponsive. Not even the shelter volunteer who walked Lana could move her.
But for dogs especially, hope has a way of springing back again.
Ayoub, her lifelong friend, visited Lana the next day.
"I wanted to see if she would be scared of me. I went back there and said, 'Laaaaana! Hey, what's up?'"
Lana flew into her arms so fast to bury her with kisses, she knocked her over.
Lana will still need a forever home. But today, she urgently needs foster care. And because she can only be adopted in Ontario, her options are limited.
"I know there's a family for her out there," Ayoub says.
Lana曾經是一隻在路邊撿垃圾的流浪狗,後來被帶到多倫多的收養中心。對於寵物收養中心的狗狗來說,每天盼望的就是有一個充滿愛心的家庭能帶她回家。
結束了流浪生涯帶回收養中心,那時候Lana還是個天真可愛的小寶寶。

終於,領養牠的人出現了,她把Lana帶回了家。

這是Lana最開心的時光,它努力的融入新家庭,和新家庭成員培養感情。
可惜好景不長,也許是流浪太久,Lana自我保護意識太強烈,會因為護食而發脾氣,大吵大鬧,考慮到家裡小寶寶的安全,新主人決定把它送回收養中心。
在送回收養中心的時候,工作人員拍到了讓人心碎的一幕。
This photo was taken moments after Lana's family returned her to a boarding kennel — a place that she knew all too well.
Lana蜷縮在角落,低著頭,似乎是在思考自己做錯了什麼。
寵物不是物品,不能隨意的丟棄,在收養時我們就應該想清楚,應該對它負責,就算最後不能堅持下去,也該給它找個好歸宿,流浪的日子,真不好受。
According to the Mighty Mutts Facebook page, the obedience and match-making service was overwhelmed with inquiries about the adorable Lana when the story broke, and that all the queries crashed their email and website.
The good news is that Lana will likely never see the walls of that kennel again. Mighty Mutts reports that Lana was quickly moved to a foster home, where she could be “in a safe, home environment and out of the kennel.”
Lana the rescue dog is adapting well in her new foster home. PHOTO: FACEBOOK
目前已變得陽光開心的汪星人拉娜
Lana will begin a strict training regime this week to correct her guarding issues with Mighty Mutts before they allow her to try a permanent home. Since Lana is timid and has exhibited guarding behaviour, she would be best suited in a home with just one or two people in a quiet environment without children.
據營救狗狗組織Rescue Dogs Match近日發出的照片顯示,現今已經1歲半的拉娜正面對鏡頭笑嘻嘻的合不攏嘴。該機構稱,之前,世界各地的媒體都在爭相報導拉娜的悲慘生活。
該組織報告稱,拉娜不久將與另一位收養她的媽媽一起生活,並將在下週開始接受訓練,來解決她“守衛食物”的問題,該問題源於她的童年生活,當時她和一大群被遺棄的小狗在一起爭搶有限食物而形成了“護食“本能。
該組織表示,“我們知道她一定會被訓練成功,因為她會表現得很好,畢竟她是如此可愛和聰明的小女孩!我們堅信她會等來真正疼愛收養她的家庭。”
(source: thedodo.com and E寵網 and citynews.ca and 美國《僑報》 ) |