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Bungee's story ... Bungee's Work day Surgery, 2004
LOOK AT ME July, 2003		Intake June 2001
MORE BUNGEE PICTURES/INFO		Trip July 2001
		Bungee's Story
THE CALL TO BICHON RESCUE The lady from a shelter south of us called to confirm that I was to meet a transport volunteer to pick up a little Bichon Maltese at 7 pm that evening in Knoxville. As an aside, she said she had another dog that an owner really needed to turn in and did I have room? Five hours later I saw two cute faces peeking through the transport volunteers car windows. One was a tiny maltese boy with big worried eyes, the other was a jumbo size bichon with a bright smile and a big wag of the tail. SO WHAT'S THE STORY? We were to find out that the big happy face cloaked a very high anxiety fluff who happened to have a fish hook imbedded within his lower lip. (To the owner's credit, she told me this in one of our conversations . . . . saying her son had tried to get it out with pliers but wasn't successful.) Immediate surgery removed that nasty fish hook, but it's taken much longer to begin building a relaxed confidence and reduce that constant anxiety in this magnificent boy we call 'Bungee'. THE LESSON IN HIS HISTORY When we dug into the history of this dog, we found that he'd been purchased as a 'surprise' for an elderly couple. Oh I'll bet they were surprised!! He was likely a VERY cute little bundle of fur at that point in time. . . . but we also learned that he quickly became way too much of an active puppy for them to handle and was given to their vet to place. From that point on he was passed along .. and passed along . . . .and passed along . . . .and passed along . . . . and passed along . . . . and passed along . . . . and passed along . . . . and passed along. Because of the constant 'bounciness' within his temperament, his ever growing size and his increasing separation anxiety as he left those he loved and was shuffled from home to home to home to home to home to home ... Bungee was becoming an ever increasingly difficult to handle and live with.	"What's this ???? Yeeks ... It's a fish hook in his face !!!"

Bungee loves to travel and has developed a following of caring people who call themselves 'Bungee's Fan Club'. You may email Bungee at: bungee@symphonyhill.com

Bungee's Work day	MORE BUNGEE PICTURES/INFO		Surgery, 2004
Intake June 2001	Trip July 2001	Bungee's Story	LOOK AT ME NOW ! July, 2003