Blog Entries ( Personal Stories )

A military working dog’s journey to retirement

May 8th, 2013
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Retired Staff Sgt. Lady was only two years old when she was brought to Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, as a potential military working dog, but her willingness to learn and obedience in the field earned her access into the elite military working dog force. "There are only about 2,500 military working dogs across the entire Department of Defense," said a Lackland AFB spokesperson. ...

Okee the German Shepherd

May 7th, 2013
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Okee came into my life as I made a 20-hour round trip to Oklahoma to pick up a little solid black female German Shepherd from a ranch in the Cherokee nation.  She has been my constant companion for the past three years. Okee has traveled with my husband and me throughout the United States where she has always been a much complimented lady.  We have hiked ...

Caring UK canines helping the ill and infirm

April 25th, 2013
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Here in the United Kingdom we are celebrating National Pet Month – and the figures certainly suggest that we Brits are a nation of animal lovers. Research has shown that 48% of UK households have a pet – with 23% of homes owning at least one dog. A recent survey conducted by a social networking website highlighted the attachment we have to our animals, with ...

Lessons from my dog

April 12th, 2013
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I had ached for a dog all through my 20s, the way some people long for a child. We bought a house primarily to provide a pad for a pooch, and within days of the auction we selected a three-week-old blonde Labrador. In a retro-inspired moment, we called her Doris, after Doris Day. Expecting the unconditional love dogs supposedly give, I was surprised to find that ...

Owner’s love for disabled dog is the sweetest

April 3rd, 2013
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One Redditor's photo of her newly-disabled pet is going viral. Her message: "You may never walk again but we'll never stop having adventures together." Reddit user thepoultron (who we're assuming is a woman), shared this photo of her paralyzed dog Bowie earlier today, and it quickly made its way to the front page with hundreds of comments. Bowie, a 6-year-old Chesapeake Bay Retriever, was playing fetch with ...

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