Today’s This Morning saw a moving interview between a policeman and his dog who saved his life.
PC Gareth Greaves introduced Theo, his retired police dog who has saved an array of lives during his career, including Gareth’s.
He explained to hosts Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford : “Theo stopped me from taking my own life… and as a policeman…we don’t discuss are mental health.
“I’d lost a lot of people and the pressure of the work was very difficult.
“During my darkest moments, I always thought about my two children.”
He continued saying that one night he considered taking his own life, but Theo saved him.
Police dog Theo had This Morning fans emotional (Image: ITV)
Gareth continued: “That night I’d left the home and if I hadn’t returned home who would let him out and who would feed him.”
Viewers went into meltdown, falling in love with the amazing hero pooch.
One said: “Great to see police dogs get deserved recognition. Good boy Theo.”
While another wrote: “This police dog is amazing what a little hero he is.”
This Morning viewers adored the hero dog Theo (Image: ITV)
A third added: “Theo is a true hero.”
“Theo and Gareth. My favourite This Morning story ever.” gushed a fourth.
Gareth explained that now Theo a 10-year-old retired pooch, he struggles as he still wants to go to work.
Eamon asked: “How does an animal that trains so specifically, how does that animal actually know its in retirement?”
Eamonn and Ruth loved Theo’s appearance on the ITV show (Image: ITV)
Gareth replied: “The horrible fact is that, the day he retired, he still doesn’t know he’s retiring, so there’s many occasions now when I go to work, I have to sneak out the house in my own clothes because if he sees me in uniform, he still thinks he’s going to work.
“It’s such a horrible feeling when you leave the house and he’s at the window looking at you with the big brown eyes like ‘don’t go’.”
This Morning airs weekdays at 10am on ITV
Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk
