3/24/11

Congratulations Euphoria!

Euphoria came to us in February, 2010, from an LA County shelter where he was turned in by his owners for food aggression. It became apparent to IE Team members that his food aggression was much more serious than anticipated with reports from the kennel that he growled and threatened over food. In addition, a food bowl test confirmed that he was serious about keeping people away from his food. While Euphoria's behavior was not acceptable, it was also clear that this was the kind of dog who, if trained properly, stood a good chance of improving enough to be placed successfully.

With the formal implementation of our Hope For A Better Life Program™ for behaviorally challenged dogs in Summer, 2010, Euphoria entered the program as one of our initial and most challenging candidates.

Euphoria went to Wags & Wiggles for a 6-week residential behavior rehabilitation program with specialists. His story and progress is documented here.

Thanks to the specialists at Wags & Wiggles, Euphoria made progress to continue his rehabilitation in a home environment. Volunteer and foster, Janet B. stepped up to the plate and participated in training sessions with the team at W&W to learn the techniques regarding feeding Euphoria as well as overall management of his behavior around food. Through Janet’s disciplined focus and handling of Euphoria over the past 4 months, he demonstrated a reconditioning of his behavior around food and is no longer a risk to himself or those around him. Janet appreciated where he’d come from and the progress he’d made so much that she adopted him in order to continue her commitment to this sweet Golden.

Euphoria thanks the Rescue knowing things could have taken a very different direction for him without GCGLARescue's Hope for a Better Life™ program.