War dog searching for a home
From 9News...
BOULDER - Boni spent two years working as a bomb-detection dog in Iraq. She was a weapon against insurgents and their lethal use of roadside and suicide bombs. Thousands of war dogs like Boni have been used in Iraq and Afghanistan on the frontline of the War on Terror. In the end, the exposure to combat situations took a toll on Boni.
"You can see glimpses of her past," Kelly Ross, an adoption specialist at the Humane Society of Boulder Valley, said. "She got out of the military because she became sensitive to noise, so you can really see it when loud noises happen."
"They're not exempt from that, in fact it is well documented that dogs and other animals can experience post traumatic stress disorder," Bridgette Chesne, the director of shelter services and an expert in animal behavior, said.
Boni, a 9-year-old German Shepherd has been at the Humane Society of Boulder Valley for a month. She was living with a family until the environment in the home changed. The family has a young child and Boni became uncomfortable with inevitable sound that comes with a playing child.
The shelter is hoping to find Boni a home in the "right environment." They say a home with either adult children or no children would be best and it would be helpful. Loud noises are upsetting to Boni, so a home where that is limited would be best.
"I took her to a birthday party and we popped champagne for one of my friends and the bottle popping freaked her out pretty bad," Ross said. "A car backfired one time and she got really freaked out and thunderstorms, she gets really afraid in thunderstorms, so my guess is that the Fourth of July is going to be the worst day of her life."
In the right environment, however, Boni is a playful dog who loves to chase a tennis ball and is affectionate. Because of her training as a war dog, Boni is very well behaved and obedient.
Boni does have some medical conditions, including the onset of hip dysplasia and pannus, a common eye condition that requires daily eye drops.
If you want more information about Boni, you can visit their website at: www.boulderhumane.org/animals/adoption/15935308 or you can call the Humane Society of Boulder Valley at 303-442-4030.
(KUSA-TV
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