I want to post this as a tribute to him and to Ann's kindness to animals.
They saved each other.
Posted on 07/20/2004 9:11:30 PM PDT by kanawa
Could you ping the Doggie list?
Laura Ingrahm has the theory that consevatives tend to be dog people. This isn't to say we are all dog people, or that cat people are libs, just that we tend to be dog people.
I loved the story, thanks, and THANKS NORTON!!!!
Thanks for sharing this story.
Sorry for Anns loss.
Know the joy and rewards of Norton's 'rescued' life will help; but how terribly painful his passing must be to Ann; and her husband as well.
We have three dogs.. .left; all wonderful and incredible. I have a very, Liberal friend; she has never had any animal but cats. Her husband, a Conservative, always has wanted a dog. My sister-in-law; used to be a Liberal; she had only cats. Now she is more Conservative. . .and she is a 'born again' dog lover.
Could be just a 'self-validation'; Conservatives being friends; and dog lovers being the same; in which case; most of one's friends would be. ..both!
Of course, this does not explain my sister-in-law. . .
Got four of'em.
Great story about big hearted folks with a big hearted dog...a loss all around. Thanks for the post
And some of us are dog and cat people....hard to chose between my four legged critters
It is difficult to choose a message to attach this ping to.
If you feel that reading a good dog story will make you feel better, then try these.
Subday I met a little Jack Russell Terrior/Schipperke cross named Oso. He is the companion of an elderly man who has lost the use of an arm and a leg. When Norman fell walking in the field, Oso brought help back.
Every morning Oso drags Norman's shoes over to the bed so that he can put them on. When Norman is feeling poorly and doesn't make his bed, Oso does his best to make it for him. Norman sometimes falls alseep in his chair. Oso promptly awakens him after and hour and insists he go to bed.
Once Norman could hear cries but couldn't locate Oso. He thought that his recliner must be blocking the doggie door and tried to move it. He fell. As he lay on the floor, Oso rushed out from under the bed and started licking his face. In Oso's doggie bed under Norman's big bed, Norman saw that Oso had brought in baby bunnies and was keeping them in his bed. (Oso is a fixed male.)
What a wonderous little fellow Oso is. It was a privilege to have met him.
Thanks for the ping. What a wonderful story. The end had me near tears though. How sad for Ann.
Hero dog bump!
Sorry for the loss of a truly heroic dog.
Don't know about how true that is that dog lovers are conservative and cat people liberals. I've been both at one time or another and have never wanted cats when liberal or dogs when conservative. Have a dog now because I have an enclosed back yard for the animal.
Never heard of the breed Amstaff. What does it look.
bump for a good dog story
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