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Abandoned puppy becomes a crime-fighting police K-9 By FOX 35 News Staff Published (Sussex Police) SUSSEX, England - A puppy that had a rough start to life is now thriving as a police K-9 in Sussex. K-9 Badger was one of four 6-week-old puppies that were found abandoned in a garden in Redhill, Surrey, Sussex police said. All of the puppies were suffering from medical issues and were rescued by the RSPCA. "They were almost bald due to severe mange, had chronic eye and ear infections, and were extremely malnourished and underweight," police said. After being treated, three of the puppi...
PC Steph Barrett, the man who trains Badger at the Surrey and Sussex Police Dog Unit, said the dog regained trust in humans after a lot of training. “After a lot of love and training, he has regained trust in humans. He’s still got that cheeky side, but he’s obsessed with work. He makes me smile all day,” she said. The road to recovery Badger and the three other puppies needed special care and four different types of ear and eye drops four times a day for recovery, according to a vet. As the treatment went on, the dogs were named after Stranger Things characters El, Lucas, Mike, and D...
Starving, scared and sick, his future looked bleak when he was found dumped in a bucket as a puppy. But Badger the cocker spaniel has grown up to become a ‘crime-fighting hero’ after being rescued by the RSPCA and trained by the police as a sniffer dog. PC Steph Barrett, who works with Badger at Surrey and Sussex Police Dog Unit, said: ‘After a lot of love and training, he has regained trust in humans. He’s still got that cheeky side, but he’s obsessed with work. He makes me smile all day.’ Badger the cocker spaniel has grown up to become a ‘crime-fighting hero’ after being re...