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After a Life of Abuse, Dog Courageously Joins K-9 Team
In October of 2018, Junction City/Geary County Animal Shelter took to Facebook out of concern over a dog in their care. The post read as follows:
They followed up in the comments noting that they had strong reasoning to connect with the owners of the unfortunate pup. Because of the scarring and general condition of the dog’s body, it was clear the dog had experienced trauma and the shelter was doing everything possible to get answers. During this time, the shelter staff took it upon themselves to give the dog a name: Nova.
Little did Nova know that she was about to embark on a new, happier and more comfortable chapter of her life.
“On March 19, less than 6 months after being abandoned, Nova and her scarred nose were certified in narcotics detection and tracking through the Heart of America Police Dog Association with Geary County Sheriff’s Department Lt. Justin Stopper, her handler,” the shelter shared on Facebook. “It’s a journey that took her less than four months to achieve. It also happened to be Stopper’s birthday.”
Around the same time Nova was taken in, the Geary County Sheriff’s Department was discussing adding a second dog to the team for that purpose. The stars were aligned for those in this story. Nova is now working closely with Lt. Justin Stopper and her future has never been so bright!
You can read the full story of Nova and Lt. Justin Stopper’s journey as well as see more of their photos on the original Facebook post: Click Here
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5 comments
Please be sure she is given proper protection gear, bullet and knife proof vest. All police and military dogs should of course have them. Few do. Please be sure she does.
Thank you.
Lynda Turk
Wonderful end to this story!!!!!
We need to hear more stories like this, I Hope Pug Life Harness is also helping rescues like the Pit Bull Rescues get into training for police Work..
So happy to hear that Nova has a new family in law enforcement! She deserves to be loved and given a purpose in life! I’m sure that she will serve her new mater well and she will be loved like all animals should be. Congratulations on your new officer “NOVA”, Geary County Sheriff’s Department!🐕👮♂️❤️
Thank you Sir for your compassion and watching over the citizens. I salute you and
Nova🇺🇲 God bless the furbabies and those who love them 👑🙏💞🇺🇲