2 San Diego Uptown News | December 10–23, 2010


NEWS


From the dumpster to Hillcrest


The one-month-old puppy found in a Mission Valley dumpster visits local salon


By Lauren Ventura SDUN Editor


On the evening of Nov. 19 a


four-week old Labrador-mix puppy was discovered in a dumpster with his ears mutilated near the Target superstore in Mission Valley on Camino Del Rio. A good samaritan discovered the puppy and called the Department of Animal Services im- mediately. The department spokes- person, Dan DeSousa, named the puppy “Sunny” due to his resem- blance to the Sun Bear, a bear in- digenous to Southeast Asia, and for his upbeat disposition. Sunny has survived his ordeal and is now suc- cessfully recovering from surgery to repair his damaged, and now completely missing, ears. Recently, Uptown News caught


up with Sunny and his foster mom, Candace Shumann, at Hillcrest’s Richard Joseph Salon at 1717 Uni- versity Ave., while she was getting a hair cut to see how the victim was faring after his ordeal. Shumann, who is the cofounder


(Courtesy Richard Joesph Salon)


of the Spay Neuter Action Project (SNAP), has been fostering the puppy for several weeks, and said Sunny is adjusting surprisingly well considering what happened to him. “The only time he really cries


is when you pick him up for too long—he wants to get down and play,” Shumann said with a laugh. Shumann explained that Sun-


ny’s situation was probably due to the issue of a dog owner refusing to


see Dog, page 6


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