The Brief
- Last April, a citizen found what appeared to be an abandoned puppy at the Thompson Park pavilion in West St. Paul and turned it into police.
- Police posted pictures of the black lab on social media and took it to the animal shelter, but no one ever stepped forward to claim the dog.
- Having already bonded with West St. Paul officers, they named it Rocky with Officer Isabelle Lalor now training him to become a therapy dog for the department and community.
WEST ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9) – When Officer Isabelle Lalor walks through Thompson Park with Rocky at her side, almost no one can resist saying hello.
Abandoned puppy turns into therapy dog
What we know:
“He’s an eight-month-old lab,” said Lalor as Rocky keeps turning its head with all the energy of a growing dog that’s still a puppy at heart. “He’s a goofball, and he keeps me on my toes, but he’s very loving.”
Rocky’s story is one of second chances. At this very same park on a cold day back in April, he was all alone. A passerby found the puppy under a picnic table in the pavilion, and seeing no one else around, they took him to the West St. Paul Police Department.…