Brady Olson fulfilling his role as Professional Dog Petter - Iron River, Michigan 
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"We rescue dogs," said Penny Nelson. She puts it simply, but there's so much more going on with the work she and her husband, Kevin do.
"This is Bandit. Bandit came from the Cities. He was literally pulled from under the euthanasia needle," Penny added, as she pet the playful Siberian Husky.
Bandit came from a couple getting a divorce.
"One of them was keeping one dog. He had a very large tumor on his chest so he was set to be euthanized," she said.
Literally 15 minutes from death, his life was spared. A rescue group picked him up and brought him 8 miles north of Iron River, where the couple took in the 10-year-old. There his new life began.
"When he got here, he was very sad, very depressed, and didn't even want to get out of the van. Then, he heard the dogs howling and it was like, "Hey, that's like my kind". So he got out," said Penny.
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