Plugin Model Custom functions not accessible in controller

Hello,
I got a weird issue in  CakePHP 2.2.
I have created a plugin, let's call it PluginName, and within PluginName I have the following:

Controller:
   - DogsController
   - CatsController

Model
   - PluginNameAppModel.php
   - Dog.php
   - Cat.php
(all models extend the PluginNameAppModel.php)

within PluginNameAppModel.php I have a beforeSave() function declared

public function beforeSave(){

$this->data[$this->alias]['created_by'] = 'someone';
return true;

}

within DogsController I have the following function:

...
public $uses=array('PluginName.Dog');
...

public function add(){

if($this->request->is('post')){
   $this->Dog->save($this->request->data);

}

}

So, when saving the Dog data it should also add the created_by column but is not doing that.

After troubleshooting for a while I noticed that the PluginName.Dog (model) is not being used when I'm doing the saving because I added a dummy variable to it and then printed $this->Dog (print_r($this->Dog)) and didn't see the variable when posting the data. I'm not sure how the saving actually works and why is it not using the actual Dog model class I created.

I have tried clearing cache but it doesn't work still. Any ideas why? (The file name convention is correct as well)

Any help would be appreciated.

p.s. if I print the Dog class (print_r($this->Dog; exit;) before the if($this->request->isPost()) statement when the action loads I do get to see the dummy variable. The issue is  happening when I post from a form.
 

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