Heartwarming moment missing Michigan toddler is rescued by police dog as 3-year-old was found only wearing a diaper

Bodycam footage has been released of a deputy rushing toward a missing three-year-old boy from Michigan who was found by the officer's police dog on Monday evening.

Police responded to a 911 call around 4 pm after getting word that a toddler disappeared from his house, per an incident report from the Van Buren County Sheriff's Office

Kuno, a police dog, and his handler Deputy Eric Calhoun responded to the scene 30 minutes after the child was last seen. They found a footprint near the home, and Kuno was able to pick up the boy's trail.

The scent trail led the duo to a body of water less than a mile from the boy's house.

The bodycam footage showed a second deputy running behind Kuno and Calhoun, exclaiming 'hey buddy!' before picking up the crying child and comforting him.

The little boy was found 50 yards away from the water, only wearing a diaper and asking for his mother.

Police dog Kuno helped rescue a three-year-old boy who wandered away from his Michigan home

The toddler is the fifth missing child that K-9 Kuno has found

Pictured: Bodycam footage from when Kuno, a police dog, and his handler, Deputy Eric Calhoun, were following the boy's scent trail

The bodycam footage showed a second deputy running behind the duo before picking up the crying child and comforting him

'The little child … did what kids do. Just took off,' Van Buren C Abbott told local NBC affiliate WOOD.

'That particular K-9 has already found four children with the same type scenario. So dispatch reached out to that K-9 officer and he came en route immediately.'

Drones from South Haven Area Emergency Services Authority and Great Lakes Drones found the boy at the same time as the deputy and Kuno.

'God willing, we had a good positive ending on this one,' Abbott said. 

'Where they recovered this little child — you’re talking two or three minutes later, we may have had a different result.'

The child suffered minor scratches but was otherwise in good health, per the sheriff's office. 

The child was missing for around an hour, starting from when the 911 call was received.

Abbott told local ABC affiliate WZZM that Calhoun’s goal 'is to have the number one dog in the state of Michigan, if not the nation.'

Pictured: K-9 Kuno basking in all his glory

Pictured: Deputy Eric Calhoun and K-9 Kuno in front of a police cruiser

'This is a deputy on his days off, sets up trainings with other agencies so he can stay on point with this dog.'

Calhoun told The Independent that he has a special bond with Kuno. 

'The bond between me and K-9 Kuno is somewhat unbearable. It’s kind of like having another kid,' said Calhoun.

'I take him home with me at the end of my shift, he socializes with my family and then I get to take him to work and work with me for 12 hours.'