Bomb-Sniffing Dog Adopted by Marine

By Amy Sinatra Ayres | vetstreet.com


Marine Corporal Joaquin Aranda was happily reunited with Donna, the yellow Labrador Retriever he served with in Afghanistan, at Houston's Hobby Airport this weekend.

Aranda worked with the bomb detection dog for 9 months while he was deployed on a mission in Afghanistan two years ago. Now that 7-year-old Donna is retiring, Aranda wanted to take her in.

Donna thanked him with kisses as she arrived in Houston with Kristen Maurer of Mission K9 Rescue, who helped facilitate the reunion. "We all loved her, so the least I could do with her retiring is give her a good home, lots of land to play around in, lots of love, so I'm excited that she'll be loved at home," said Aranda. - Read it at My Fox Philly

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