{"id":401187,"date":"2026-09-16T04:56:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T04:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/401187\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T04:56:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T04:56:12","slug":"miami-gardens-police-k-9-that-went-missing-for-nearly-a-week-is-discharged-from-animal-hospital-wsvn-7news-miami-news-weather-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/401187\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami Gardens Police K-9 that went missing for nearly a week is discharged from animal hospital &#8211; WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MIAMI GARDENS, FLA. (WSVN) &#8211; It was a happy ending in Miami Gardens after a police dog came home from the hospital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two-year-old Gael was officially discharged from VCA Animal Hospital on Tuesday after he <a href=\"https:\/\/wsvn.com\/news\/local\/miami-dade\/miami-gardens-police-k-9-missing-after-bolting-from-patrol-vehicle-surveillance-video-shows-dog-was-struck-by-car\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/wsvn.com\/news\/local\/miami-dade\/miami-gardens-police-k-9-missing-after-bolting-from-patrol-vehicle-surveillance-video-shows-dog-was-struck-by-car\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">jumped out of his patrol vehicle<\/a> near the 200 block of Northwest 195th Street on the job, Sept. 7.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The department carried out an all-out search to find Gael after discovering nearby surveillance footage showed him getting struck by a car as he darted away into the night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After six days of search efforts, a resident spotted Gael in his front yard and called police to <a href=\"http:\/\/wsvn.com\/news\/local\/miami-dade\/miami-gardens-police-k-9-found-safe-nearly-a-week-after-going-missing-officials-say\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">pick him up<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Officers then took the yellow Labrador to the animal hospital for treatment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite the fright caused by the disappearance, officials say Gael is healthy and back where he belongs.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 Sunbeam Television Corp. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p>\tJoin our Newsletter for the latest news right to your inbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MIAMI GARDENS, FLA. (WSVN) &#8211; It was a happy ending in Miami Gardens after a police dog came&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":401188,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-401187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=401187"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401187\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/401188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=401187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=401187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=401187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}