Posted on 02/08/2022 10:49:45 AM PST by KeyLargo
Detroit Police Officers H. Kourani and G. Rogers say the puppies could have died in the cold if they hadn't been found
It was the day after Christmas, at an abandoned house, and something seemed off, Detroit police have announced.
A malnourished new mother was scavenging for food outside the vacant home, with her two young puppies inside, including once who’d gotten its neck tied up in a mattress spring as temperatures were expected to drop below freezing Sunday.
Around 5 p.m., two officers with the city’s 11th Precinct, identified as H. Kourani and G. Rogers, were called to respond to a report of a "vicious dog" in the area.
But the dog they found was "nowhere near that," Kourani told Fox News Digital. She was friendly and noticeably underweight. However, she did look like she’d recently given birth.
"Their stomachs and their mammary glands get very swollen and enlarged because they're filled with their milk for their puppies," Rogers told Fox News Digital. "So it was something I immediately recognized."
They first worked to gain the mother’s trust, feeding her treats until she warmed up to them.
"I generally always keep bags of dog treats in my car and our police car, so I kind of just worked my way up on the porch, getting closer and closer with the treats," she said. "And she was obviously very hungry. So she was taking them from me, and she finally was taking them out of my hand after about 30 minutes of me trying to get through to her. And after that, she started to trust us a little bit more."
Once the officers had earned her trust, they could go inside and look for the puppies without the mother perceiving them as a threat.
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Truly a feel good story we all needed. Kudos to the officers!
Thanks for posting.
These officers actually rescued dogs? Obviously retraining is in order.
Here are some more ‘feel good’ stories about the DPD from the past year and since they rescued some puppies...
2 Detroit cops accused of taking bribes from towing company
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_okoUVsH1-0
Lawsuit filed against Detroit and former officer after criminal assault and misconduct charges
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opzz87GWYBQ
Several Detroit police officers under investigation after Greektown punch as new video emerges
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DW5Lanit0X8
Truly a feel good story we all needed. Kudos to the officers!
Agree! I pray for animals almost every day, especially stray mama dogs and the helpless little pups in the horribly cold northern states. I hope KARMA pays a visit to those who abandon dogs and mistreat any animal.
Didn’t take long for the cop haters to jump in.
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