Please Welcome K-9 Digo #347

Please welcome K-9 “Digo,” our newest Pack Member (#347), at our Project K-9 Hero Rehabilitation & Rehoming Facility. Yesterday morning, he received a “VIP Escort” via helicopter to our helipad, where he did exceptionally well with our staff.

Digo has had two separate careers in his life prior to coming to Project K-9 Hero. First, he honorably served with the United States Army Special Operations Command (USASOC). There he worked with a Tier One Military Unit as a Multiple-Purpose Canine (MPC) specializing in Apprehension/Tracking Explosives Detection. He was specifically trained to save the lives of American Soldiers and seek out High-Value Targets worldwide. An in-the-line-of-duty injury caused him to need a hip replacement, and he was medically retired from the Army as a Multi-Purpose Canine due to the extreme physical demands and deployments of combat.

Digo was then re-purposed from an Army MPC to a Police K-9 with Metro Nashville Police Department. There Digo would focus soley on Explosives Detection and no longer participate in Apprehension, Tracking, or Bite Work. K-9 Digo did explosive sweeps for major events in the Nashville area for events such as CMA Fest, Nashville Predator hockey games at Bridgestone Arena, Tennessee Titans football games at Nissan Stadium, and concerts for some of country music’s biggest stars. However, Digo exhibits signs of PTSD from his military service, and has turned on his Handler multiple times, causing serious injury during detection work.