Blind Puppy Rescued from a Meth Lab Finds Forever Home Thanks to Cop Who Saved Him

“I rescued him from a meth lab… He’s completely blind, but completely content with his new life.” Hanna is describing the puppy she rescued while out on her job as a police officer. Hanna works in law enforcement as a deputy and she saved the pup when she visited a home she suspected of running a meth lab.

She shared her dog rescue story with DogHeirs and began, “I heard they were making meth (I know most of the people I deal with, because I deal with them so frequently), asked for consent to enter the residence – he gave it – and yeah – meth lab.”

She said when she arrived at “the rundown house” there were “three guys getting ready to cook” and there were “tons of dogs everywhere.”

Among the 15 or so dogs living on the decrepit property was a blind merle Australian shepherd mix. As the dogs were being taken away to go to the local shelter, the blind puppy caught Hanna’s attention.

Knowing that the puppy and the other dogs were headed to an overcrowded shelter, Hanna took action. “He broke my heart. I couldn’t watch him get put on the truck with the other dogs.”

She explained, “There were many dogs at this residence that were removed by animal control, but considering his disability and how full our animal [shelter] stays, I knew he wouldn’t last long. So I took him to the vets…They cleaned him up – tested him for parvo and distemper, gave him his shots, wormed him and all…”

Hanna named the blind puppy “James” after James Holman, who was known as “the Blind Traveler” and famous for exploring the world in the 1800s.

Hanna doesn’t believe James lost his vision from being in the meth lab, but rather because of a poor genetics from in-breeding. “I’m assuming [his blindness] is because of a bad gene [editor’s note: double merle dogs are especially prone to blindness]. One of the guys we arrested said there was a blind one born in every litter…But they usually died. If that’s not it, then poor nutrition and care probably didn’t help. There were dead dogs under the house.”

Hanna said that James was taken from “just someone irresponsibly having a LOT of dogs.” Thankfully, James was saved in time!

“I brought him home, he’s happy and I found a home for him with a friend who can better care for him and devote more time to his disability,” Hanna shared.

Thanks to Hanna, James has a new family who love and care for him and he is “completely content with his new life.”

~ Story Submitted and Published with permission from Hanna.