By The Associated Press
From: The Sacramento Bee
WICHITA, Kan. — A disabled Army veteran who lost his service dog near Wichita earlier this month has a new companion and an obedience instructor willing to train it.
The Wichita Eagle (http://bit.ly/PkkKxr) reports Randy Newell of Marion found his new dog last week at the Kansas Humane Society in Wichita. It’s a 4-year-old chow-shepherd mix named Arnie.
Newell lost his legs when an improvised bomb exploded in Afghanistan in 2008. His service dog, a Doberman named Red, disappeared Aug. 3 while he was washing his pickup truck in Park City. Its body was fopund a few hours later on Interstate 135 after apparently being hit by a car.
Nationally certified instructor Kathy Adkins of Haysville says she decided to train Newell’s new dog for free when she heard about the veteran’s situation.
Read more: The Sacramento Bee
