My DH saved a GR in a hot car!!! Get your tissue's out for the ending!

[Denise & Hunter!!!]

We were walking into Wal Ghetto Mart yesterday morning (a store I have to be dragged into) and there was a golden retriever locked in a car with no windows down, in the sun! Of course I immediately freaked out.  Fortunately, my DH is a Police Chief (but not for the village the Wal Mart was in) so he knew what to do immediately.  It was parked about 5 cars away from us so he turned around, went back to his truck, got his big bag of police goods for getting into locked cars and came back to get the doors opened.  It turned out the locks on the car were broke and it wasn't letting him in as quick as he wanted to so the dog wouldn't be in even more danger.  He got out the hammer thing they use to break car windows in an emergency and broke the window to get the dog out.  We got her out of the car (mind you this took him about 3 minutes total if that - he was fast - and still no one was coming back to the car).  She was about 5-6 months old it appeared.  So he called the Sheriff's Department instead of the local police department because they are generally less tolerant and he has a working relationship with them.

The Deputy Sheriff got there about 10 minutes after he called - still no one came out of Wal Mart to the car! They ran the license plates and it came back to driver with a suspended license.  Finally, after the deputy had called to get the car towed this idiot couple came out of Wal Mart to the car.  Of course they started yapping that my DH had "destroyed their property" blah blah blah - same junk everyone breaking the law has to say.  It ended up that neither of them had a valid drivers license, she had marijuana and drug paraphernalia in her purse and the guy had a FELONY warrant for his arrest!  Neither of them EVER asked if the poor little thing was ok!  They are charging them with endangering the welfare of an animal along with the drug charge and the suspended license.  The guy was going to jail regardless because of the felony warrant now he will have new charges to :-)

By this time 3 other Deputies had come for back up and it ended up that one of them had lost his golden retriever last year and had wanted another one.  He said he had been going to the shelter's for the last couple of months looking for one that "spoke to him".  He turned to absolute MUSH when I took her out of our car (I had her in there with the AC on and a bowl of water that I carry for Hunter).  He said "I finally found you, you are who I have been waiting for" and she just started licking his face and nozzling in his neck.  It was the sweetest thing and he was a big, burly probably 6' 3"+ 300lb man in his late 40's that could have picked up that couple and snapped them like twigs!  I was all teary eyed over it and I could tell it got to all the deputies and my DH to because they were either looking away or putting their sunglasses on!  I called him just a few minutes ago to see how she was and he had taken her to the vet and named her Mercy :-) He said he is on vacation for the next two weeks starting Wednesday but decided to start his vacation two days early so he wouldn't have to leave her.

I was just infuriated at that couple for putting her in absolute life or death danger but things like this always make me believe that everything happens for a reason and what is meant to be will be :-)

[Sue, Murphy and Bella ()*o*()]

Did they give up the puppy willingly or was it taken from them permanently at the time of their arrest? Don't know how that all works .

[Denise & Hunter!!!]

They didn't even ask what was going to happen to her! The deputy told them that she would go to the animal control shelter and the guy said " whatever it doesn't matter".  I will ask my DH about that, since they were charging them with endangering and they had felony charges in top maybe it wouldn't have made a difference. 

[Bonnie and Kona]

Yup, need tissues. I am so grateful that you were able to save her from those people and their carelessness as well as find her furever home all in one fell swoop!

[Gail and Bailey]

What a wonderful happy ending to the story!!  Kudos to you and your husband!!!!

[Maryann,Roo and Tigger]

Golden medals, stars, hearts, all around.  Yeah for good people.  What a great story Thanks

[Nancy, Ned, Clancy, and Charlie]

Hooray. I was afraid to read this at first because I thought the outcome might be tragic.  I was happily surprised and just thrilled that Mercy is going to that particular home where she will be loved and cherished.

[April and Zeke]

That reminds me of this story I saw the other day:

http://www.lifewithdogs.tv/2012/06/woman-smashes-window-to-save-dog...

[Camilla and Darwin]

Wow, what a save-the-day story, and what a touching ending!

[Deanna & Desi & Cori]

Awesome!!!

[F, Calla & Luca]

Great job you and your DH did Denise. I love a happy ending, for the dog at least.

[Donna K & Quincy]

That puppy sure had a guardian angel looking out for it. What a wonderful ending to what could have been a very tragic story. The fact that the puppy was rescued and found a new home with someone who obviously will love it is just wonderful. Give yourself and DH a big hug from us.

 

[Christine & Camus]

An absolutely beautiful ending to a potentially sad story.  Way to go!!!