Found a home, May 2006
Kuzina, spayed female
Age: 1 year
Kuzina became the heroine of a detective story, but not by choice. The family in which she had grown up had decided to abandon her: the girl who had been taking care of her was drafted into the army, and the parents didn’t want to continue keeping the dog. They brought Kuzina to the shelter, but rather than handing her over in a proper fashion, which involves payment, they tied her at night to the shelter gate. Revealing a minor trace of responsibility toward the dog, they attached to her collar her vaccinations passport. They’d crossed out their names from the passport so that we couldn’t find them, but through some detective work, the shelter workers were able to identify their names from the attached paperwork. Kuzina’s owners were then obliged to come to the shelter and pay the required fee. Kuzina is a gentle and good-natured dog. Because she grew up in a home, she’s fully toilet-trained, and she is now looking for a new, warm home.