Shelter Dogs Take a Ride with Police to Increase Adoption Chances

“Saving one dog will not change the world, but surely for that one dog, the world will change forever.”

Edmund

• Published in Animals
• February 26, 2019

In the U.S. alone approximately 7.6 million companion animals are brought to shelters each year. Out of those approximately 3.9 million are dogs. Similarly in the U.K., 102,363 dogs were abandoned between 2014 and 2015 and in 2016 - 2017 44,770 were homeless in Australia at some point.

Many of these dogs behaviour changes as a result of stress which in turn can make them harder to adopt. In an attempt to get some of these dogs adopted, Nebraska Police followed in the footsteps of police in Green Bay, Wisconsin and have decided to take some adorable rescue dogs along with them.

A quote about the program

In an interview, La Vista Police Department Captain Bryan Waugh said...

"The program offers an opportunity to not only strengthen our relationship with our partners at the Nebraska Humane Society, but also allows our officers an opportunity to engage our community in a way that we may not have been able to without the addition of a great dog."

K9 for a day

This police shelter dog program is called 'K9 for a Day'. It allows one dog at a time to join an officer in their patrol car for an entire day.

the first dog to be a part of the program was a bully breed named Mickey who had (at no fault of his own) been in and out of the shelter about 3 times. Mickey was apparently a big hit with the local community and was swiftly adopted days later after he had been featured on the news.

After this success, the police department plan to continue the program and work with Nebraska Humane Society by taking their dogs out on patrol.

Edmund