Carrie Underwood donates guitar to help save canine officer
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}December 15, 2014. Singer Carrie Underwood arrives at the American Country Countdown Awards in Nashville, Tennessee. (Reuters)
A guitar donation from Carrie Underwood could help save an Oklahoma deputy's canine partner.
The Muskogee Phoenix reports Underwood donated an autographed guitar to help pay the medical bills of a McIntosh County Sheriff's Department K-9 officer. Underwood is a native of the Oklahoma city of Checotah.
Deputy Kevin Branscum has partnered with the German shepherd named Gino since 2012. He has spent around $4,000 since December for medical care after the privately owned service animal was infected with heartworms. Gino has medical treatments scheduled through May.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Officials plan to auction the guitar but haven't set a venue or date. Branscum says he was surprised by Underwood's donation and is incredibly grateful.