Kicker: Showing his gratitude

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MARY REICHARD, HOST: A rescue dog was two days from being put down at a pound in Portugal… to being pound-for-pound the best pet detective around!

RACHEL RODGERS: Hi, my name’s Rachel and I’m the owner of Rico.

Rachel Rodgers paid $200 to save the little Kokoni crossbreed. His nose quickly became legendary: his very first mission? A family dog went missing in a car park but Rico saved the day!

RODGERS: Remarkably Rico did find that dog. And from there, he’s just kind of carried on doing it and been out and deployed to find other missing dogs.

Not just dogs, either. Rico’s sniffed out an escaped capybara and a tortoise.

Rachel hopes her Border terrier Pebbles will carry on now that Rico is near a well-deserved retirement.

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