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The secret of CACAO, the dog
traveling (alone) on the bus
Every day about 54, from Viale Argonne Lambrate, without a guide or a leash RELATED NEWS
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The secret of CACAO, the dog
traveling (alone) on the bus

Every day about 54, from Viale Argonne Lambrate, without a guide or a leash
CACAO get off the bus (no money order photos)
MILAN ITALY - Under the shelter of the bus stop in Viale Argonne, line 54-Lambrate Cathedral, CACAO narrows his eyes and lies down a quiet area. It seems almost falling asleep among the other passengers waiting for the bus. But when the bus comes really, CACAO pricked up his ears. A glance to check that the driver's seat there is just the driver that he know, and leaped up the stairs and is on the bus. Destination Lambrate. When he arrive at destination, after traveling politely among the surprised looks of the other commuters, CACAO down quietly by himself. For a few hours loitering in a public garden and the other - in other words, the usual dog's life -. When he is tired and takes the bus back home. Down at the same stop, and from there reach the bar of Mrs. Nicoletta, his mistress.


That OF CACAO, mixed blood of 16 years, is the story of a neighborhood dog, a real citizen of Milan, (sometimes better than the citizens themselves) he know every streets of neighbourhoods, every corner and the road between Città Studi and the Nettle. But it is also the story of a friendship with the silent "his" anonymous driver of the 54 that closes the eyes on the regulation of the Atma "the company of bus in milan" (at risk of being punished himself) and shuttled for years from one part of the city . Alone, as a passenger any. "He memorized the way we do together on Saturday to go to market," he smiles Nicoletta, 54, the dog lives with her four-legged friend from when he found a stray, Desenzano sul Garda. "A meeting of destiny - now says Nicoletta -. In six months I trained him to cross the road on the strips, the green light to recognize, to respect people and other animals. "

And so it was. Free CACAO walks around the neighborhood without a collar and leash (but has a microchip). A freedom that his mistress has paid the price with fines and verbal, and even with a night at the DOG shelter, even if CACAO has caused no accidents or bothered to passersby. The initiative to take the bus, however, surprised even her. When a customer at the bar told it to him, Nicoletta did not want to believe it. Then she went to see for myself and realized that CACAO, dog free, had put into practice (beyond expectations), his lessons of independence.