K9 Tracks Down Missing Girl in 12 Minutes On His First Ever Search Mission
Meet Rex — a true hero with a heart just as big as his talent. On his very first real tracking mission, Rex did something incredible.
A 7-year-old girl had been missing for over two hours after becoming separated from her mom. Time was critical. But Rex stayed focused. Given her scent from a pair of shoes, he got to work — and just 12 minutes later, he found her.
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But Rex didn’t stop there. The moment the little girl was found, this amazing dog gently shifted from search mode to comfort mode — staying by her side, offering the quiet reassurance she needed after such a frightening experience. Even more remarkable, the search mission was his first ever.
“He’s a triple threat,” said his handler, Deputy John Gray with the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office. Rex is not only trained as a skilled tracker, but he’s also a trained therapy dog and an explosive detection dog, making him a unique K9 officer.
From finding the missing to comforting the scared, Rex didn’t just complete a mission that day — he made a difference that girl and her family will never forget.