A doberman discovered alone with a zip-tied snout was adopted days later — by the Indiana officer who found him.
South Bend police officerstogether with Stephanie Northcutt, responded to a name Friday, Feb. 9, a couple of free canine with its snout zip-tied shut. Good Samaritans tried to catch the canine however had been unsuccessful.
But not Northcutt, who police stated was in a position to build belief with the doberman to soundly catch him. Video reveals her crouching and slowly approaching the canine, who was shortly comforted by the officer.
Northcutt, proven within the video with a tattoo of a paw print on her wrist, petted the canine as a citizen helped free his snout.
The canine was taken to South Bend Animal Resource Center, police stated. Northcutt’s relationship with the doberman, nonetheless, was solely simply starting.
Police stated Monday, Feb. 12, Northcutt adopted the dog she has now named Zeus.
“Officer Northcutt said she knew the moment she laid eyes on the pup that he was the perfect addition to her family,” police stated.
Zeus is doing “extremely well,” police stated, and he won’t endure any long-term results from his accidents
It’s acquainted territory for Northcutt, who beforehand adopted a canine she “rescued from a tough situation while on patrol,” police stated.
“She joked that the dispatchers at St. Joseph County 9-1-1 should stop sending her to animal calls because she will soon rut out of room at her house,” police stated.
Northcutt additionally plans to sponsor two adoptions on the animal shelter “after seeing how deeply this story has affected” the South Bend group.
“Thank you Officer Northcutt,” the South Bend Animal Resource Center stated in a Facebook submit.
South Bend is about 70 miles southeast of Chicago.
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