Injured Polk County police dog receives prosthetic leg after shooting

A Fox 35 follow up now canine Ace has a new leash on life. You may remember the Polk County canine lost his leg after a shootout, but thanks to a custom prosthetic, this brave pup is back on all four legs. Fox 35's Alexis Clevenger live for us this afternoon. So Alexis, what's next for this cutie Ace? Well, Lou and Jack, Ace is actually going to be honored in just a couple of weeks alongside some other canines who were also shot in the line of duty But Ace will actually get to show off his brand new leg. Ace's story started with an act of bravery. The Polk County canine was shot while taking down a man accused of sexual abuse against a child. He lost his leg as a result. The community there in Polk County has rallied around them and managed to get him a prosthetic leg. Now, Ace is getting used to his brand new leg. And despite all the challenges he's faced. Ace is the kind of dog when he's just happy all the time. And when we met him to tell his story back in September, he didn't have any issues hopping around on three legs. The Space Coast Police Canine Foundation is making sure his sacrifice is recognized. We met Ace about right after the incident happened. We wanted to tell his story as part of the Canine Foundation and we also invited him and his handler to come and let us honor them at our eighth annual Space Coast Police Canine Competition. And Ace won't be the only four legged hero getting recognition. We're honoring a total of three canines, all of them shot in the line of duty. They all survived, they all have unique and different stories and unique impacts on the handlers. Now that canine competition is taking place on November 13th. It'll be held at the Space Coast Stadium. Reporting live, Alexis Clevenger, Fox 35 News. Alexis, thank you. And speaking of good boys, we can't get enough of Lake County's newest recruit. Fred the Bloodhound finally has a name now. So now his real training is about to begin. Fred comes from a long line of working bloodhounds, so being a canine runs in his blood. His mission will be to track down missing people, including children. And if you think that's an easy task, well, think again. Bloodhounds have one of the strongest noses of any animal. Fred and his handler joined us today on Good Day Orlando this morning to explain a little more. They have over 300 million scent olfactory receptors in their nose. That's compared to us as humans only having five to seven million. So him being able to smell the difference in each person would be similar to us being able to smell the difference in a Cherry pie versus broccoli cookie. That is just fascinating. Well, Fred's handler says he still has a habit of biting things. So when he's being a bad boy, she calls him Frederick, his whole name. She needs to give him a middle and a last name so she can just call him all three names. Right, when you're in trouble.