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03-26-2010, 08:11 AM | #1 |
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| AMerica the beautiful This does not have to do with yorkies, but the other day I was watching the news, and they highlighted this group of people who volunteer to spend time with and pay attention to the dogs of men who have been called away to the service. Mostly these were big dogs (you know how it is, the man in the family has a rott, or pit, or shephard), and the wife considers it the "husband's dog". These dogs are used to a man, and doing physical guy type activities. So these men volunteer to go over and spend time with the dog, or take it to the lake or things that "daddy" did with the dog when home. I thought that was just the neatest idea. There are so many ways that we can help our service men, but who would have thought of this. My hat is off to these kind people.
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03-26-2010, 08:25 AM | #2 |
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| I have never heard of that! What a wonderful idea! That is something I would definitely volunteer to do. I have volunteered for many things relating to the military. My son is in Afghanistan right now, but my dil is taking care of his baby. Believe it or not, he has a yorkie/cairn terrier. His name is Titan. When he returns, he wants to get a husky. Just like you said, it's the big dog, big man complex! The last time he deployed to Iraq, there were so many dogs running around outside of his camp. One of them had puppies, so they brought her into the camp to feed the mom and play with the little ones. I sent over bottles of flea and tick shampoo, because the poor mom was full of them. I also sent flea collars, bones, toys and food. The mom and her puppies became very protective of the guys there and they would bark if they heard any sound coming from outside the fence. I just loved the fact knowing the dogs made it a little more homey for the troops. |
03-26-2010, 08:29 AM | #3 | |
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that is the cutest little story!!!
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03-26-2010, 09:52 AM | #4 |
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| That's really a nice thing to do.
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03-26-2010, 09:55 AM | #5 | |
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03-26-2010, 09:56 AM | #6 |
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| Brian Williams of NBC highlighted a family in Minnesota earlier this week that fostered a dog while his owner was deployed. The story really touched my heart!
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03-26-2010, 11:38 AM | #7 | |
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03-26-2010, 11:51 AM | #8 |
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| My son was telling me how the dogs would follow them on missions and the mother dog would crawl on the ground with them and growl when she heard someone. I just couldn't believe it! He said it was really hard leaving her and the pups at the end of his tour, but the next group of guys took very good care of the pack. It just melted my heart... |
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