Rescue Pit Bull Loved by No One Until Police Officers Meet Her. Now, She's Licensed K9 Unit
Pit bulls have a gotten a pretty bad reputation because of how they are portrayed by the media that sometimes leaves them in horrible situations.
Each year, 40 percent of the 1.2 million dogs euthanized every year are pit bulls, according to BarkPost. This breed is also one of the most common dog types that end up in shelters.
Wildflower was one of these dogs before she was rescued by the Throw Away Dogs Project. The nonprofit organization has a mission to “repurpose, train, and relocate ‘unique’ dogs to positively impact our communities.”
Before Wildflower was taken in by the rescue organization on July 25, 2017, she was found wandering the streets of South Carolina in 2015 when she was just 3 years old.
This pup was the very first pit bull to be put through the Throw Away Dogs Project’s police K9 program, and it didn’t come without challenges.
“In comes this energetic pit bull that was so loveable but completely off the charts with the energy. … I knew the moment that we started testing her that this was not going to work out, because she evaluated horrible,” Throw Away Dogs co-founder Carol Skaziak told Metro. “… She was just not understanding the games of our training program.”
Despite the energy of this young dog, the training eventually clicked.
“Wildflower, from that day forward, excelled almost like no dog I’ve ever trained,” Throw Away Dogs head trainer Bruce Meyers told Metro in March. “Two months later, Wildflower is imprinted on all core narcotics.”
Wildflower eventually graduated from the program as a fully trained Narcotic Detection Dog.
And on June 13, the Throw Away Dogs Project posted an update on this sweet canine.
WIldflower is now Oklahoma’s first rescue pit bull K9 police dog! She is part of the Wetumka Polie Department.
“This dog was going to be euthanized,” Wetumka Police Department Chief Joe Chitwood told Metro. “All of that good was this close to being put down. But she has a lot more to give, a lot more. Hopefully, you can get some of the negativity away from the breed and show folks that it’s not that way.”
Officer Wildflower even has her own Facebook page. We are glad to see this dog doing so well and are excited to see the positive impact she makes as a K9 officer.
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