On an ordinary Saturday morning, Officer Mercado and Officer Tavera from the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) are out on patrol in Hollywood.
Everything is quiet on this beautiful, sunny day. But suddenly a mission begins for them that they will never forget..
A tiny creature seeks shelter
Mercado and Tavera are walking down a street when they suddenly realise that someone is following them. The baby is so small that it could almost be overlooked.
But the two police officers notice the tiny puppy, who has taken to their heels and is begging for attention.
A little chocolate-brown puppy, probably only a few weeks old, is seeking the protection of the police.
The officers are touched and don’t hesitate to help him. They take the little chap to the police station and call him Hobart because he was found on Hobart Boulevard.
Hobart has fallen in love
Everyone at the station is completely enchanted by the tiny little puppy. Hobart is immediately given a rank – he can now call himself K-9.
He is delighted with the loving attention from the LAPD, but has eyes for one police officer in particular: Officer Mercado!
Even on the journey to the police station, Hobart looked at him the whole time, now at the station he follows him everywhere and doesn’t want to be separated from him for a second.
Mercado is also very fond of the little puppy, but he and his colleagues decide that the police station is not a suitable home for a puppy.
Farewell and reunion
The police officers therefore contact the „Ghetto Rescue FFoundation“, a local animal welfare organisation set up by the police.
Hobart is to be examined and cared for there. They also want to find an adoptive family for him.
Meanwhile, Officers Mercado and Tavera have posted the video online of Hobart following them in the morning and coming to the station with them.
Everyone who sees the video agrees: Hobart loves Mercado and therefore Mercado must adopt him!
What nobody knows yet: Mercado also sent a photo of Hobart to his wife and she immediately fell in love with Hobart.
So this heart-wrenching story has an even more heart-wrenching happy ending: Officer Mercado and his wife adopt little Hobart and all three are overjoyed that they have found each other.
But Hobart is not the first protégé to move in with the Mercados. In addition to Mercado’s police dog, several other adoptable dogs already live with the animal-loving couple.
So Hobart has lots of friends to play with, but his number one is and remains Officer Mercado.
Source: lexnau
