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WWII Hero Dog Honored 75 Years After Saving Lives of U.S. Soldiers
by Shifra on January 17, 2018RIP, Chips. And thank you for your service. Via NY Post. ….Westchester County pooch Chips, a German shepherd-husky cross, was awarded the Dickin Medal for his courageous actions during the appropriately titled Operation Husky…. Chips was just a regular family pet living with the Wren family in Pleasantville when the Army asked civilians to donate their dogs to the war effort. Some 40,000 patriotic pooches were signed up, but only 10,000 made the cut — including Chips. Upon landing at the beach in Sicily in 1943, Chips’ platoon immediately came under fire — and the courageous canine broke free of his leash and ran into an enemy machine-gun nest. “There was an awful lot of noise and the firing stopped....
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Video: Dog ‘Carries’ Sled Up Hill, Has Fun Sliding Down
by Shifra on January 7, 2018At least someone is enjoying the Bomb Cyclone 🙂 HT Weasel Zippers. This is the best thing you'll see all day. 😍🐕This Dog figures out how to carry his sled up the hill in order to sled for hours & hours & hours. #snow #sledding #dogs #blizzard2018 #cyclonebomb #philly #dog pic.twitter.com/7qhZ3Km9jw — Chris Strider (@stridinstrider) January 4, 2018
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Video Going Viral: Dog Saves Drowning Baby Deer
by cestory on July 19, 2017**Bumped Up From TAMWire. Posted by cestory** Just amazing! Watch this heroic dog pull a drowning baby deer out of the water! Via Fox News. Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com
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Pug Chases Off Trio of Armed Home Invaders
by Tammy on May 23, 2017Not the actual hero pug, but one that probably looks a lot like him. Nice!! Via Athens Banner-Herald A small family pet chased off a trio of armed home invaders Sunday night after they attempted to rob residents at Woodland of Athens condominiums off Barnett Shoals Road, Athens-Clarke County police said. The suspects appeared to be young males between 14 and 16 years old. Their intended victims — a 20-year-old resident and his parents, ages 52 and 57 — were in the living room of the home, with the front door open and blocked only by a baby gate, according to police. About 10 p.m., one of the young bandits kicked down the baby gate and entered the home waving...
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Video: Veterinarian Sings to Scared Pup Before Surgery
by Shifra on May 5, 2017Sweet! And, Ruby is reported to be doing well after her surgery. 🙂 Via UPI. A veterinarian in Colorado used his musical talents to help soothe a nervous pet being prepared for surgery. Fox Hollow Animal Hospital shared video of Dr. Ross Henderson playing guitar and serenading a dog named Ruby with Elvis Presley’s “Can’t Help Falling in Love” to calm her nerves before she underwent surgery…. Fellow veterinarian Darcy Holloway, who captured the viral video, said Henderson’s song quickly changed the puppy’s mood. “Ruby was back there jumping on the cage and she was crying,” Holloway said. “We don’t know if it’s the one-on-one attention or if it’s the song, but they usually respond really well to it.”…. Video...
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In Election Landslide, New Mayor of Rabbit Hash, Kentucky Is… a Pitbull
by Shifra on November 13, 2016A cat, chicken and a donkey were also on the ballot, but the election results seem a little “fishy.” Via Telegraph. The battle for the American presidency might have been close, but in the small Kentucky town of Rabbit Hash, a pitbull called Brynneth Pawltro won the mayoralty by a landslide. Brynneth beat off competition for the job from a cat, chicken and a donkey for the coveted post to provide political leadership in the small township about 70 miles north of the state capital, Frankfort. There was a whiff of suspicion about the election with the good-natured dog winning by a margin of 3,367 votes. This would be fine but for the fact that, according to the 2010 US...
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WaPo: Is Your Dog’s Halloween Costume Sexist?
by Shifra on October 30, 2016This column recently appeared in the Washington Post. It is not from The Onion. Really… And here is a great costume I found for dogs on Halloween. Sure to be a big hit with the “Diversity Police.” Via WaPo. Young girls may be discarding their princess wands for superhero capes this Halloween, but not so in the canine world. The glass ceiling appears to be firmly in place at PetSmart, where career costumes labeled “male” include firefighter and police officer, while female dogs can choose between a pink cowgirl costume and pink loofah. On the site BaxterBoo.com, options for your female pooch include “sweet heart nurse” or French maid. “Any tidy girl dog will look adorable wearing this French Maid...
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Hot Dogs Will Be Banned in Malaysia… Unless They Are Renamed
by Shifra on October 19, 2016Malaysia is a Muslim country, and they find dogs “offensive.” Maybe they could rename hot dogs: “Hebrew National Franks.” Oh wait… Via Daily Mail. Restaurants and food stalls in Malaysia must rename their ‘hotdogs’ or risk having them banned, the government there said today. Malaysia is a predominantly Muslim country and the government’s religious authority has threatened to withdraw the snack’s halal certificate. Although hotdogs in the West are traditionally made of pork, in Malaysia they have have to be made of chicken in order to pass strict halal rules. But now it seems the name itself has fallen foul of the authorities. Sirajuddin Suhaimee, director of the halal division of the Department of Islamic Development, said there had been...
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Hero K-9 Dog Finds Missing Autistic Boy
by Shifra on October 9, 2016Dog named Cash + missing autistic boy = Happy Ending Via IJR. A brave Michigan police K-9 earned his place in the Hall of Heroes this week. Cash, the five-year-old Mason County Sheriff’s Department police dog was at the ready when Mason Oceana 911 dispatch got a call on Thursday afternoon: A panicked mom explained that her young boy had been missing from nearby Victory Township for more than 15 minutes…. Mason County Deputy Ken Baum and Cash arrived at the home of the boy soon afterward and began their search in the woods near the boy’s home. His mother waited, terrified, as they set out to bring her son home. Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole told Michigan Live that...
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(Video) For Me? Puppies and Kittens Get Soft Beds at Animal Shelter
by Shifra on September 18, 2016Because all living creatures deserve a cozy bed! Via Daily Mail. Donated beds to the RSPCA have left more than 100 four-legged friends wagging their tails in happiness. When people visited RSPCA stores across Victoria they were encouraged to donate beds in good condition in order to distribute them across adoption centres. Adorable footage shows cats, dogs, kittens and puppies eagerly waiting to sleep in their donated beds as their carers get them ready…. ****************************************************
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Hillary Celebrates National Dog Day… With Photo of Bill Clinton
by Shifra on August 28, 2016Woof! HT BizPac Review: Happy National Dog Day! pic.twitter.com/qmpQsNQxGL — Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) August 26, 2016 And, of course, Twitter had a field day: @HillaryClinton Bill Clinton is definitely a dog. Glad you came to your senses and see that now. — ♪ ♫♪ ♫ ♩ ️☮ (@TokingDrumpf) August 26, 2016 @HillaryClinton and a happy #NationalDogDay to you too, Fido pic.twitter.com/cooaFntoE8 — Fawkes News (@JosephPruitt) August 26, 2016 @PPN_News #shortcircuited @HillaryClinton said to K9 handler "get that f*king dog away from me!" #HRC is #unhingedhttps://t.co/eQS9IeK9XN — GO TRUMP GO (@anti_globalists) August 26, 2016 ****************************************************
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Dog Elected Mayor in Minnesota Town for Third Term in a Row
by Tammy on August 23, 2016Obviously, the cutest mayor in the history of the United States. If not the world! “Highest approval rating in the country.” I would think so! Via Independent. In the dog-eat-dog world of politics, only one can rise to the top. Duke, a nine-year-old Great Pyrenees, has won his third term as mayor of Cormorant, Minnesota, in a landslide election thanks to the “highest approval ratings in the country”. Three years ago, Duke was a fluffy nobody. But after 12 people paid $1 to cast their ballot – a fundraiser for an annual festival – Duke became the first honorary mayor of the township. “Three years ago it happened by accident. It was a write-in vote. You pay a dollar and...