It’s not unusual for Deputy Noah Johnson to come across a stray during his shift, but one day he went the extra mile for a pooch he found.
The deputy form Tampa Bay, FL found a friendly little pit bull roaming around an apartment complex. Like the dog who was saved after being left chained to a fence, this one also seemed neglected.
“When I showed up, the dog was extremely emaciated, and you could see his rib cage, and his hip bones,” Johnson told ABC Action News. “Pretty young dog, but it looked like a stray because it wasn’t even neutered yet.”
Johnson brought the dog to a nearby vet and discovered the pooch hadn’t been microchipped. This meant there was a good chance he could become one of the millions of animals euthanized each year in the United States.
Luckily, fate stepped in as Johnson coincidentally ran into Anna Cook, the editor in chief of a local dog magazine.
“There was just something about him. So I said to Deputy Johnson that I would put his picture on the New Barker Facebook page," Cook said.
The Facebook post also promised a year's worth of free advertising in the New Barker for the rescue group that stepped in for the dog.
It only took a day for the Humane Society of Tampa Bay to come pick the dog up. The dog, now named Gunner, will soon be put up for adoption.
Watch the adorable dog below and please SHARE to encourage others to also go above and beyond for poor animals they see!
