There was still some woof left in that schnauzer!

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Dead Dog Brings Cop’s Career to Standstill

The incident occurred on Jan. 10, when Whiskers wriggled loose from his chain behind the home Meiser shares with her 84-year-old father.

Michalesko, on patrol, got a call from a dispatcher that a dog had been hit. He found the animal about 10 feet from the road, lying down and not moving much, he said.

He called in the numbers on the dog’s collar, but a technical error prevented the 911 center from determining the name of the owner.

Michalesko said he also knocked on a few doors nearby without success and asked 911 dispatchers whether there were any 24-hour animal hospitals in the area, but was told there were not.

Although the schnauzer was not mangled or bleeding, Michalesko says he believed the dog’s back or hip was broken.

Michalesko said he prayed and then shot the dog with one round, petting it as it died, ``so it would know there is somebody there with it,’’ he said.