Today is Memorial Day in the United States of America
I repost this story every year, because soldier dogs are truly amazing heros and we must always honor our troops and our service animals and all the fallen spirits that have been taken, for oh, too many reasons. Take a moment, right now, just a few seconds, and be thankful for the wonderful service people that work so hard to stop some really terrible things from happening around the world.
These are some of my favorite images from the book Soldier Dogs. There are more pictures in our slideshow today.
Military Working Dogs play a crucial part in America’s armed services. The best known “Soldier Dog,” Cairo, put crucial canine skills to work in the SEAL Team Six operation that killed Osama Bin Laden. Other Military Working Dogs serve as everything from bomb sniffers to troop companions to search and rescue dogs (and also serve in darker roles, such as duty at Guantanamo Bay). Their handlers and trainers, devoted dog lovers down to a man, form an unusually close-knit fraternity within the military.
Dog are not only our best friends, they are an incredible asset to our safety forces. Thank you to all the handlers and animals that keep us safe around the world. – Your friends at DogDaz Zoo
Even though Sonya has some great dogs to play with, it is hot, and I want my Mommy! – Sad Sofie Bear
(Note: Sonya, the dogs’ caretaker, sends me pictures sometimes when I am away. She said “Sofie wants to know when January cold weather is coming back.” Oh boy, Sofie is in for a long dog summer. Hang in their SoSo I will be home Friday.- Mom)
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Mom was trying out this new movie making thing called Magisto and she found out, only after working on it for a really long time, that she can not embed it into the blog. You don’t want to know the things that were coming out of her mouth but she told us never to repeat them.
She thought it would be really cool to use this video movie thing, but now you have to click on the link above to go there instead of watch it right here.
Mom is out of town this week on business so we are at Sonya’s playing with all the Dalmatians. Mom said to tell you her comment response may be slow but you are important to her so she will try to get back to you as soon as she can. I hope she is having as much fun as we are, but we doubt it since she is working and we are vacationing.
Oh, that isn’t Louise swimming in the water after Sofie, it is Zelda.
What mischief did you get into today?
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Sofie took the plunge into Mo’s diving pool as soon as it was open. The steps are set for large Labrador height so they are a stretch for her, but she is determined. Nothing like a first freezing swim to get the fur flying. Louise on the other hand does not want to get her face wet. Lulu is more hound than lab when it comes to water; she would much rather howl at the other dogs than swim. Sofie would swim around all day if I let her – but then I would never get that fur dry.
What mischief did you get into today?
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This is a blog hop. I hopped it from MYBrownNewfies. Check them out for more mischief.
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