A tribute to the loyalty of Dogs

[JG55]

http://nedhardy.com/2012/10/26/a-tribute-to-the-loyalty-of-dogs

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[Dolomite`s Breezy]

Very touching indeed..

Thank you for posting this..

my 2 goobers aprove:)

[Oh Shoot]

Is that the one in Guam or Knoxville?

I walk by the one here at least once a month, almost always stop a minute and gaze again.

edit: I'm thinking Guam, as ours is built up on higher pedestal, now that I look at it a bit closer. Otherwise, they are supposed to be identical.

The rest of the pix are extremely touching too.

- OS

Edited October 28, 2012 by OhShoot

[dats82]

I have not seen my dog in about two months due to travel. Those pictures make me want to fly home tonight to see him, but sense I can't, I'll just post some pics of him.

Edited October 28, 2012 by dats82

[glowdotGlock]

Here is my dog 'Colt'. He's a 3 year old lab.

[gregintenn]

My doggie approves...upside down...

...as well as right side up.

[Erik88]

Our "killer" attack dog....

[Patton]

http://www.jbmf.us/mem-wot.asp

I can't look at this page without crying. SSG Tabb's dog Bo is the most impressive dog I have ever met in my life. Bo took major shrapenal to the head but is living the retired life in Atlanta with Tabb's family. Bo was the model of what a MWD should be.

Edited October 28, 2012 by Patton

[hipower]

Eric, I've said it before and probably will anytime you post a pic...Beautiful! Miss ours. These are great companions.

[Erik88]

Eric, I've said it before and probably will anytime you post a pic...Beautiful! Miss ours. These are great companions.

thank you sir. She is a great dog.

[BigK]

I love my gal, Lucy, just like she is one of my kids. She is truly my best friend, more loyal and loving than any human I know...including family.

For such a vicious guardian (ask any stranger who knocks on the door), she sure can be sweet.

Knowing she's getting old, I will keep her near my heart forever.

Edited October 30, 2012 by BigK

[LagerHead]

Is that the one in Guam or Knoxville?

I walk by the one here at least once a month, almost always stop a minute and gaze again.

edit: I'm thinking Guam, as ours is built up on higher pedestal, now that I look at it a bit closer. Otherwise, they are supposed to be identical.

The rest of the pix are extremely touching too.

- OS

Definitely not the one in Knoxville. If it was you would see the street and river in the background.

[Oh Shoot]

Definitely not the one in Knoxville. If it was you would see the street and river in the background.

Yeah, there are thick trees before the river in that section though, really can't see river straight across. But it's obvious it ain't the Knoxville one, even with compressed telephoto depth of field. Whole paving thing different too, you're right that it's obvious.

Here's Knoxville one from same side.

- OS

Edited October 30, 2012 by OhShoot

[RobertNashville]

No pictures but I thought it was worth posting.

Attributed to Senator Vest (1869) represented the plaintiff in a lawsuit whose dog "Old Drum" had been willfully and wantonly shot by a neighbor.

The defendant virtually admitted the shooting, but questioned to the jury the $150 value plaintiff attributed to this mere animal. To give his closing argument, George Vest rose from his chair, scowling, mute, his eyes burning from under the slash of brow tangled as a grape vine. Then he stepped sideways, hooked his thumbs in his vest pockets, his gold watch fob hanging motionless, it was that heavy. He looked, someone remembered afterwards, taller than his actual 5 feet 6 inches, and began in a quiet voice to deliver an extemporaneous oration. It was quite brief, less than 400 words:

"Gentlemen of the jury: the best friend a man has in the world may turn against him and become his worst enemy.

His son or daughter that he has reared with loving care may prove ungrateful.

Those who are nearest and dearest to us, those whom we trust with our happiness and our good name, may become traitors to their faith.

The money that man has, he may lose. It flies away from him, perhaps when he needs it the most.

A man's reputation may be sacrificed in a moment of ill-considered action.

The people who are prone to fall on their knees to do us honor when success is with us may be the first to throw the stone of malice when failure settles its cloud upon our heads.

The one absolutely unselfish friend that a man can have in this selfish world, the one that never deserts him and the one that never proves ungrateful or treacherous... is his dog.

Gentlemen of the Jury: a man's dog stands by him in prosperity and in poverty, in health and in sickness.

He will sleep on the cold ground, where the wintry winds blow and the snow drives fiercely, if only he may be near his master's side.

He will kiss the hand that has no food to offer, he will lick the wounds and sores that come in encounters with the roughness of the world.

He guards the sleep of his pauper master as if he were a prince.

When all other friends desert he remains.

When riches take wings and reputation falls to pieces, he is as constant in his love as the sun in its journey through the heavens.

If fortune drives the master forth an outcast in the world, friendless and homeless, the faithful dog asks no higher privilege than that of accompanying him to guard against danger, to fight against his enemies, and when the last scene of all comes, and death takes the master in its embrace and his body is laid away in the cold ground, no matter if all other friends pursue their way, there by his graveside will the noble dog be found, his head between his paws, his eyes sad but open in alert watchfulness, faithful and true even to death."

Edited October 30, 2012 by RobertNashville