When Stray Rescue of St. Louis spotted a dog with a h.o.r.r.i.b.l.e embedded collar run into an abandoned house they knew they had to save her. She was with another dog – a blue Pit Bull – who appeared worried about her friend and was nervous when rescuers approached. Stray Rescue of St. Louis had received a call about the injured dog after she was seen running down the street. They noted that the dogs were in a dangerous area, writing on their website, “They were ‘living’ in a dangerous neighborhood where several murders had recently taken place, so we suspect that the dogs most likely had not been treated with much kindness and had every right to feel scared.” They would discover later just how little kindness the dogs had experienced. The blue Pittie was found with a gash on the side of her face that turned out to be a gunshot wound! Once they secured the pittie, they entered the basement to try and find the dog with the embedded collar. It was freezing cold in the derelict home, it being winter, and its occupants having left long ago. That’s when they spotted the dog they were there to rescue. But they were surprised to see another dog, a large Rottweiler, sitting on a nearby couch. Rescuers thought it best to separate the two dogs in order to safely rescue the badly injured one, who they named Seska. They could see that she was suffering greatly because the embedded metal chain that had created a deep wound around her neck. Every time she moved she was in pain. It was the worst embedded collar they had ever encountered. Not wanting to cause Seska more pain, they called for reinforcements to help rescue her. Skip 5:20 – 7:22 if you do not wish to see Seska being freed of the chain in Stray Rescue’s trauma center. As for the Rottie, he turned out to be a gentle fellow who was trusting enough to be lead out of the freezing cold home and on to a better life. Thankfully, all three dogs are doing well now and two – Kess and Chakotay – are ready for adoption. Seska will take a little more time to heal before she’s ready for her forever home.

 What seemed like a nightmare, turned into a happy ending story for an adorable pit bull puppy, after the officer who found him decided to offer him a forever home.

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The a.b.a.n.d.o.n.e.d dog was found wandering the streets of the city of Mount Laurel, New Jersey, by a local police patrol, and the odds quickly turned into his favor.

Officer Matthew O’Hanlon – member of the Mount Laurel Police Department for nearly three years – was on a patrol through the industrial part of the city, when spotted the little puppy.

He initially thought he might have lost, so he went to investigate. But the puppy was looking rather abandoned than lost, since he had no collar and he looked wounded.

“When we typically find a dog, usually they have tags on them or a chip,” the officer told ABC 7. “We can take them to the local animal hospital and have the owner found pretty fast.”

Concerned, officer O’Hanlon took the 3-month-old puppy to the Burlington County Animal Shelter for further investigation. But on their way there, the puppy had stolen the officer’s heart with his cuteness.

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Anyway, the officer knew he shouldn’t get emotionally involved, so he left the puppy at the shelter. But not for long, though!

“I called the shelter 20 minutes after I dropped him off and told them that I wanted him,” officer O’Hanlon Good Morning America. “My fiancée and I were looking to get a pit bull, and when you see a pit bull puppy with an injury, it’s hard to pass up on.”

It turned out the puppy had no microchip, yet he remained at the shelter for a few more days in case someone would have came to claim him. He also had to stay to get treatment for his wound.

But soon as he fully recovered, officer O’Hanlon was more than excited to show him his new home. They named him Thor!

“Boy, it makes you feel good that you can help a little puppy like that go from whatever happened to him to now knowing how spoiled he’s going to be for the rest of his life,” the officer explained for ABC7.

“My fiancée and I are big Marvel fans and we just thought based on him being injured and everything the name kind of fit.”

Mount Laurel Police Department also shared the great news with their Facebook followers.

“Everyone keeps asking what happened to the puppy we found on January 2nd……Well he has a new home with one of the officers who rescued him,” the police department wrote on Facebook.

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“Officer O’Hanlon adopted him right away and has been making sure he gets lots of attention and treats! Little Thor is healing up nicely and has found his forever loving home!”

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