Can You Guess What This Is?| Dog Humor

One of our favorite friends, Kathy sent us this when she visited Ireland last year. The photo is entitled, "Poodles," by Murdo MacLeod. I wonder if their 'woof' has an Irish lilt to it??

Our Dog Hero, Brutus | Dog Heroics

Raven: "This is a great story about a super heroic dog that some of our dog friends sent us on Mom's cyber space thingy. Cooper says he wants to be just like him when he grows up......ha, that'll be the day!"

"Meet, Brutus a military K9 at McChord. He's huge - part Boxer and part British Bull Mastiff and tops the scales at 200 lbs. His handler took the picture. Brutus is running toward me because he knows I have some Milk Bone treats, so he's slobbering away! I had to duck around a tree just before he got to me in case he couldn't stop, but he did.

Brutus won the Congressional Medal of Honor last year from his tour in Iraq. His handler and four other soldiers were taken hostage by insurgents. Brutus and his handler communicate by sign language and he gave Brutus the signal that meant 'go away but come back and find me.'

The Iraqis paid no attention to Brutus. He came back later and quietly tore the throat out of one guard at one door and another guard at anothe door. He then jumped against one of the doors repeatedly (the guys were being held in an old warehouse) until it opened. He went in and untied his handler and they all escaped.

He's the first K9 to receive this honor. If he knows you're ok, he's a big old lug and wants to sit in your lap. He also enjoys the company of cats."

Hope you found this interesting? You can never hear enough stories about animal intelligence and their bonding with us humans!