The man just wanted a midnight snack!
A hilarious moment was captured on video when a dog set off an alarm overnight at an Arizona animal shelter after breaking out of its kennel for a midnight snack.
And he even tried to get his furry shelter friends to join him for a secret meal.
surveillance footage from Rescue of homeless petsThe facility, located 11 miles outside Phoenix in Tempe, caught a husky named King slamming open the door of his kennel.
King then wanders into the office part and lobby of the shelter, and the curious husky appears to be scouring the scene for something in particular: snacks.
Just then, King spots a clear colored container of food on a shelf and strategically slams it, knocking over boxes of candy all over the floor.
“This dog is very smart,” said Jodi Polanski, executive owner of Lost Our Home Pet Rescue. KPHO Regarding the 11.16 incident. “He definitely ruled this place, didn't he?”
Polanski, who was asleep at home during King's escape, said she woke up when the shelter's security system alerted her to broken glass on her cell phone.
“My reaction was really surprising,” she said. She said: “They said the glass broke from the inside and I said, 'How can that happen?' I heard about three beeps, but I didn't know what was going on.”
But King is not a selfish dog, as Polanski said he tried to unlock other kennels containing canine companions so they could join the party.
“There were other dogs in the room with him and they kept trying to open the kennel,” Polanski said. “He really wanted to party with his friends.”
Mr. King went ahead without his buds and made himself a snack as alarms rang throughout the shelter.
Polanski immediately called the police and rushed to the evacuation center to inspect the scene, while continuing to watch security camera footage from his home.
The footage shows officers arriving at the lobby door after noticing that King had come out of his kennel.
As the officer walked inside the shelter, an agitated King thought the officer was there to join the party and jumped on him.
The cops ruined the fun and took King back to the doghouse.
Moments later, footage shows the officer cleaning up the mess King had made, and when King is done, the officer appears to breathe a sigh of relief and walk away.
Polanski tried to contact police to no avail. He thought the Good Samaritan officer just wanted to do his thing and make sure all was well inside the shelter.
“We call him Mr. Clean.” Polanski joked.
Even better news: Dr. King was adopted shortly after the incident. WCAX reported.
Lost Our Home Pet Rescue is a nonprofit pet rescue specializing in unique temporary shelter programs for families in crisis who need a safe place until their pet can be reunited. The following is written on the evacuation center's Facebook page:
