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Best of All, the Medal is Made of Steak!
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Saturday, January 27, 2007
2:59:00 PM EST
Hearing Nothing at the moment
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A black Labrador who saved the lives of dozens of soldiers in Afghanistan by detecting a bomb has been awarded the Dickin Medal, the animal equivalent of the Victoria Cross. Sadie will become only the 25th canine recipient when she receives the medal from Princess Alexandra at a ceremony next week.
The bomb had been planted underneath sandbags, yards from where a suicide car bombing had earlier killed a German soldier outside the United Nations headquarters in Kabul in November 2005.... However, the booby-trap was discovered when Sadie suddenly "showed intention" by wagging her tail as her handler, L/Cpl Karen Yardley, took her on a search of the UN car park.
Now, that's a good dog. Although, of course, one wonders precisely what the dog herself is going to make of the medal. She's a good dog, but it's not like these sorts of things mean much to an animal. If it's accompanied by all the doggie treats she could ever want, possibly that might make a difference. Be that as it may, I suppose it's still nice that an animal is recognized for doing a great job saving people.
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2:59:00 PM EST
Hearing Nothing at the moment
Best of All, the Medal is Made of Steak!
You look like you could use a heartwarming story. Here you go:
A black Labrador who saved the lives of dozens of soldiers in Afghanistan by detecting a bomb has been awarded the Dickin Medal, the animal equivalent of the Victoria Cross. Sadie will become only the 25th canine recipient when she receives the medal from Princess Alexandra at a ceremony next week.
The bomb had been planted underneath sandbags, yards from where a suicide car bombing had earlier killed a German soldier outside the United Nations headquarters in Kabul in November 2005.... However, the booby-trap was discovered when Sadie suddenly "showed intention" by wagging her tail as her handler, L/Cpl Karen Yardley, took her on a search of the UN car park.
Now, that's a good dog. Although, of course, one wonders precisely what the dog herself is going to make of the medal. She's a good dog, but it's not like these sorts of things mean much to an animal. If it's accompanied by all the doggie treats she could ever want, possibly that might make a difference. Be that as it may, I suppose it's still nice that an animal is recognized for doing a great job saving people.
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Someone should give the dog a steak. The medal helps bring awareness to working dogs and that we should have many, many more of them in this scary post 9/11 world.
be well,
Dawn
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1/29/07 11:10 PM