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Written by Rob Holloway

Published: 16 October 2014

Last week we told you about a working girl called Spy. This week we can share a challenge that makes Spy seem easy.

A month ago we were approached by the Novato Police Department. One of their handlers had left and they had an 8 year old working K9 that needed to find a home. 

Ingo is an East German import who was trained in Holland. He is an older dog that has worked all his life - he is not a family pet. This was a serious challenge!

We joined forces with our friends at GSRNC, specifically Linda Vartanian and set to work. Linda networked her contacts and we did the same. We visited the officers at Novato PD and interviewed them to get the complete story about the dog. We visited the dog in Novato, photographed him and checked him out.

From this Linda prepared a bio, with photos and we spread the word within the correct community.

Nothing….

Then, suddenly, we found two potential adopters. A lady called Stephanie from Redding came down, met with Ingo with us in Novato and she decided that this could work. She has had a whole series of working GSDs and specializes in retired K9s. the other adopted, a K9 handler, said she would wait to see if Stephanie would adopt.

Stephanie and her family spent the last few days build a home for Ingo and today she drove down and adopted Ingo!

Ingo has worked his whole life and two rescue groups combined to help save him. He is an amazing dog and deserves a wonderful retirement. 

He’s going to get it!