By Peter Schelden, the Orange County Register
March 11, 2010
Cami has been brought back to the care of a San Clemente veterinarian, but she still needs an adoptive home, according to The Ark of San Juan.
Cami has a special trick. It's not the kind of trick you teach a dog on purpose, though.
After volunteers from The Ark of San Juan rescued the border collie from the Orange County pound in May 2008, the 2-year-old found herself in San Clemente veterinarian Nagy Amin's dog run. Then she quickly found her way out of it.
Cami, a border collie, spent 21 months living on the kindness of strangers after escaping soon after being rescued from the county pound. She was re-rescued in February.
"Dr. Amin was just devastated this happened under his watch," said Cynde Van Vleet, The Ark's animal behaviorist.
Amin quickly fixed the pen to prevent further escapes, but Cami was back on the streets and her rescuers had no idea where she went.
Van Vleet said she was saddened by the escape, though not particularly surprised.
"Border collies are the most intelligent dog, and they have to be kept entertained," she said. "They need a job to do."
Then last month, The Ark got a call from the San Clemente/Dana Point Animal Shelter. The shelter had picked up Cami at an apartment complex in San Clemente's Talega area. She was identified by a microchip the county pound had injected beneath her skin.
Residents of the apartment complex must have fed her, Van Vleet said. "That's how she survived."
Now, Cami is back with Amin in his new and improved pen, waiting to be adopted by a family with a strong fence.
Van Vleet said Ark volunteers work with pet adopters to prevent or solve problems like escapes.
She described Cami as intelligent and people-friendly but very shy.
"She's just so sweet and loves to be close to you and to be petted," Van Vleet said. "I think she'll be a fabulous dog in a well-secured home."
Source: http://www.ocregister.com/articles/vleet-238665-cami-dog.html
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