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Right now he's in 4th place in his category!
In my years as a rescuer there is one success story that sticks out the most. It is about a dog that came from an abusive home and ended up a K-9 police dog for Chatham County Sheriff's Department in Savannah, GA. Malaki is a mix between Black Labrador and Boxer. His former owner was turned in for animal abuse by his neighbors. They reported him for trying to make Malaki aggressive, even trying to teach him to go after children, which is something they said they witnessed. After Malaki’s owner was charged, Malaki was brought to Liberty County Animal Control and had to remain there until after his owner's court date. That was in April 2009. The court decided the owner was not fit to get Malaki back; which finally gave me the chance to find a new home for him. When I first saw Malaki, I was cautioned by the Animal Control officers that he might be aggressive. I was very careful when handling him but I soon found out that Malaki was just a big goof ball who loved nothing more than tennis balls. I noticed that he became completely entranced with the tennis ball whenever I took him to the exercise field behind the AC kennels. He focused on that ball as if his life depended on it. One day, after playing with Malaki, I told my husband about him and his curious obsession. My husband became immediately interested and wanted to meet him. He told me that the Chatham County Sheriff’s Department was in need of a new K-9 and why shouldn’t they save a life in the process of acquiring one! Once he met Malaki, he told the K-9 department of him and they agreed to meet him for an assessment. Usually dog’s are not allowed to be removed from AC and then come back but in this case, the AC director made an exception. Malaki sailed through the assessment with flying colors! That’s when I scheduled him for SNAC where he was neutered, vaccinated and Heart Worm tested. Thankfully, the test came back negative – We held our breath for that because that would have been a deal breaker. Once he returned from SNAC, he went straight to the Sheriff’s Department where he began his official training. Here is a link to a news article, speaking about how it turned out for him: http://savannahnow.com/node/626887 (Sorry for the misprint on me being the shelter director! Savannah Now did a correction on that the next day.) This story was printed in many news papers, even as far away as Atlanta, GA and was broad cast on all local TV stations "
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