One of the methods I decompress is to trawl Instagram. That’s where all my canine rescue feeds are, as properly as great canine videos, like those you will see that featured below. Badass Ok-9s is the subject of this week’s Feel-Good Friday. 

This first video might not appear very Feel-Good, but it truly is. Not only does it show the unbelievable talent and training of a Ok-9, but it also exhibits the capabilities of law enforcement and the split-second choices they’ve to make to guarantee they’ve most affect in apprehending criminals, with minimal harm to civilians. 

This occurred close to downtown San Diego during a conference and a Padres sport. So, crowds of people had to be thought-about. But the San Diego Police Department took down an alleged prison utilizing only a Ok-9 unit, and minimally-legal ammunition (because, it is California). 

The perpetrator being pursued had stabbed somebody, and was on the run. In the video, he appeared to be resisting police. He no doubt still had his knife, along with a large stick that he was wielding in a threatening method. Despite instructions to drop the weapon and stand down, the person refused, so SDPD deployed their Ok-9, who artfully took the perpetrator down.

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The individual operating the Instagram account left a warning (Content warning: this footage could also be tough to watch), then.wrote:

Sharing video of SDPD taking a suspect into custody following a reported stabbing. Officers used less-lethal rounds and a K9 unit, with clear effort to resolve the scenario while minimizing additional hurt.

This unfolded in one of the most closely trafficked areas of our metropolis, during a Padres sport and a major conference. Moments like this spotlight the significance of a constant, seen SDPD presence. Safety issues for residents, guests, and those in disaster alike.

Bravo to our LEOs, two-legged and four-legged.

This next video is another Ok-9 journey story. Good Boy Rex, a black Labrador Ok-9 officer, tracked down a lacking  7-year-old Colorado youngster in just a matter of minutes. Even more unbelievable, it was Rex’s very first rescue out of training!

An Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office Ok-9 named Rex discovered a lacking 7-year-old lady in just 12 minutes, utilizing her footwear to monitor her scent.

The lady had run off from her household during a journey to the park and had been lacking for about two hours when Deputy John Gray and Rex, a 5-year-old black lab, received the call.

“It was really essential that he not only took us to the area where she went, but he communicated to us where she didn’t go. So that way we knew she was kind of contained in that area,” Gray said. “Being able to deploy him and see it pay off and get a girl safely home — there’s not even really words you can use to describe it.”

The Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office (ACSO) had recently created the K-9 tracking unit with three K-9s: Rex, Bear, and Riley. These K-9 officers trained specifically in search and rescue tactics for 16 months. 

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K9 Hero in Action!

K9 Rex, one of our ACSO canines skilled to discover lacking kids, helped find a 7-year-old lady after she was separated from her mom for almost two hours. Rex discovered her in just 12 minutes!

Deputies responded to a park in the 6400 block of S. Telluride St. on April 2 after the younger lady ran off because she didn’t need to depart. Deputies, K9 models, and drones immediately started looking the world.

Deputy Gray and K9 Rex received to work utilizing the lady’s footwear to monitor her scent. Rex shortly picked up the path and led deputies to a close by yard where she was discovered.

The scared lady tried to run again, but Deputy Halliburton safely caught up with her. She was unhurt and reunited with her household.

This was Rex’s first time efficiently finding a lacking youngster since finishing his monitoring training last 12 months.

Great work by everybody concerned, and manner to go, Rex! 👏

#K9Hero #GoodBoy #teamwork 

👉 Follow K9 Rex on Instagram! @arapahoe_rex_sro

Like Liam Neeson’s character in “Taken,” Rex has a specific set of abilities that make him good at his job. According to his handler, Deputy John Gray, Rex began as a therapy canine and served with Gray in his function as a School Resource Officer for Littleton Public Schools. Rex is also skilled to detect explosives (as are Riley and Bear).

All of these abilities proved useful when Rex discovered the lady on April 2.

After discovering her in a close by yard, Rex immediately switched from monitoring mode to therapy mode.

“They can not only smell our hormonal changes, but they can also lower our cortisol levels,” Gray said. “To have the opportunity to deliver some consolation to a child in a fairly traumatic scenario, I believe was actually important.”

What an superior asset Rex is to this unit. Of course I’m now following him on Insta! 

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This last one is a bit of a tearjerker. Hat tip to our Deputy Managing Editor and fellow canine lover, Susie Moore, for discovering it.

In 2014, a man named Bryce was getting ready to transfer from New Mexico to Texas, and his canine Sierra, a candy Husky combine was staying with a buddy. Sadly, she escaped the buddy’s yard, and despite his makes an attempt at looking, Bryce was never in a position to find her.

Fast ahead to April 8, 2026, in Brooksville, FL of all locations.  

A 13-year-old Siberian husky arrived at the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office Animal Services on April 8, 2026 as a stray. She was a mess; she was undernourished, lacking patches of her once stunning coat and moved very slowly because time and hardship had taken their tolls.

There was one factor the canine had that so many misplaced canines lack; this husky had a microchip and with it, the data contained a cellphone quantity. Bryce answered the cellphone, and the Texas resident was virtually speechless. His canine named Sierra had been lacking for the last 12 years!

Bryce told the shelter workers the last time he had seen Sierra had been in New Mexico. Sierra, a now 13-year-old, 40 pound, spayed Husky….[was in 2014].

After seeing the canine’s shelter images, Bryce was heartbroken at her condition and according to the shelter personnel, he had grow to be overwhelmed with the thought he might see and be with her again.

What a lucky blessing that Bryce never modified his quantity. But now there was the added hurdle of transporting Sierra 1,400 miles from Florida to Midland, TX. That’s where Many Paws Volunteer Pet Transport got here in. Many Paws is severely run by volunteers who help transport pets in need to households and rescues across the U.S. From transferring a pet from a high-kill shelter to an accessible rescue group in another state, to delivering the pet of a navy service member to their household’s home while the service member is deployed, to serving to a misplaced pet reunite with their long-lost proprietor, it is a stunning service that produces heaps of Happy Trails and Happy Tails.

While Sierra’s transport to Texas was being organized, the Husky acquired medical treatment – common medicated baths for her pores and skin condition – and she loved daily walks and enriching play. And of course, heaps of pet hugs, scritches, and love from the workers and volunteers.

Eight days later, Sierra was on her manner to Texas, and it was fairly the journey. 

I do love his t-shirt. Going to have to look for one for myself.

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Sierra is certainly a survivor, and that’s badass in and of itself. While it’s unhappy that Bryce and Sierra had to be aside for so long, the attractive factor is they’re now reunited, and her remaining years will no doubt be stuffed with love and care. 

Editor’s Note: At PinkState, it is not all about politics and coverage. We like to deliver consideration to what’s good in the world, with columns like “Feel-Good Friday,” “Start Your Weekend Right,” and “Hoge’s Heroes.”

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