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Dog Saves Boy From Tsunami
ASocialiated Press ^ | 1/02/05 | Chris Tomlinson

Posted on 01/02/2005 4:35:21 PM PST by Dallas59



Sangeeta, a mother of three boys, looks down on her eldest son, Dinakaran, seated, and the dog that saved his life, Selvakumar Sunday, Jan. 2, 2005. Sangeeta could only carry two of her boys and had to leave Dinakaran to fend for himself when a tsunami crashed into their village on Dec. 26, 2004. Selvakumar pulled Dinakaran out of the family hut and nipped and nudged him up a hill to safety. (AP Photo/Chris Tomlinson )



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KEYWORDS: child; dog; doggieping; dogping; gooddog; mansbestfriend; saved
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To: Chong

I just *knew* you'd love it too....:)


41 posted on 01/02/2005 5:46:44 PM PST by Salamander (Life needs more cowbell!)
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To: sinkspur
Dogs are man's best friend.

Dog is man's best friend, spelled forwards and backwards. J

42 posted on 01/02/2005 5:47:10 PM PST by scripter (Tens of thousands have left the homosexual lifestyle.)
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To: Salamander

(((((((Minnie)))))))


43 posted on 01/02/2005 5:51:18 PM PST by Chong (God Bless and Protect Our Troops.)
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To: scripter
"Dog is man's best friend, spelled forwards and backwards."

:-)

44 posted on 01/02/2005 5:52:41 PM PST by Chong (God Bless and Protect Our Troops.)
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To: Chong

I still miss her.
I always will.


45 posted on 01/02/2005 5:54:57 PM PST by Salamander (Life needs more cowbell!)
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To: scripter; Salamander

Have you heard about this Rottie whose owner had a heart attack in the woods (Animal Planet) and the dog dragged him all the way back home? The Rottie had torn his muscles in his legs pulling the guy but he didn't quit. Somehow kept going. Such love, I can't imagine other than God's.


46 posted on 01/02/2005 6:02:33 PM PST by Chong (God Bless and Protect Our Troops.)
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To: U S Army EOD
Ok, after a few FReepmails, here is the 3 legged pig joke...

One day a man drove by a farm and saw a three-legged pig. The man went up to the farmer and said, "Excuse me sir, but why does that pig only have 3 legs?"

"Well," said the farmer, "that there pig is very special. One time my wife was cooking something she stepped out of the kitchen and it caught on fire. No one in the house knew about it but the pig and he saved me, my wife, and my 2 kids."

"That's amazing sir but why does that pig onlly have three legs?" said the man.

"Then there was that time the pig saw a big storm coming and we didn't. The pig ran into the house and dragged us out to the storm cellar. If it weren't for that pig we would all be dead."

"But still, that doesn't explain why the pig only has 3 legs."

"And I remember the time my youngest son was stuck up in a tree but I was too far away to hear him scream. The pig came running towards me and led me to where he was."

"Well, that is miracle but how come that pig only has 3 legs?" the man said quite annoyed at this point.

"Well," said the farmer, "with a pig that special, you can't eat him all at once."

47 posted on 01/02/2005 6:04:52 PM PST by Pylon (R)
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To: Salamander

I know........
Like it says on my beloved Bubba's headstone, "Love is Forever."


48 posted on 01/02/2005 6:05:02 PM PST by Chong (God Bless and Protect Our Troops.)
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To: Dallas59

Give that dog a bone, a home, and a medal. He is a hero !


49 posted on 01/02/2005 6:06:28 PM PST by af_vet_1981
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To: U S Army EOD

Oh my gosh. Those children will grow up to be wonderful, compassionate people.


50 posted on 01/02/2005 6:06:35 PM PST by Hildy ( To work is to dance, to live is to worship, to breathe is to love.)
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To: Chong

I saw the show about the Rottie whose owner was trucker.
When the dog saw the guy getting mugged and beaten as he walked back to his truck at a truckstop parking lot, she jumped out the truck window, completely shattering one of her front leg bones upon landing and -still- proceeded to run a hundred feet and seriously maul the creep who was attacking her "daddy".

God bless all the good dogs.

I wouldn't live without at least one dog.
Without a dog, for me, it's not really living.


51 posted on 01/02/2005 6:13:37 PM PST by Salamander (Life needs more cowbell!)
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To: Salamander
Minnie, who rarely barked or got "wild" about anything woke me up from what was surely a slow-suffocation "sleep" by barking -very- loudly and bouncing on my chest.

There must be something instinctive about smoke being trouble. When I had lately moved into a new house and the furnace came on for the first time in the fall season, the air belching out of it smelled of oil smoke for a minute or two. (It's like that every time it hasn't run for a few months.) My cat started meowing in panic at once.

52 posted on 01/02/2005 6:15:01 PM PST by VadeRetro
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To: Chong

Don't get me started or I'll post that "If sorrow were a staircase" thing....:)


53 posted on 01/02/2005 6:15:01 PM PST by Salamander (Life needs more cowbell!)
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To: VadeRetro

That may well be but why did the *other* 5 dogs just lay there like a buncha idjits?....LOL!

[possibly since Minnie was the "boss" of them all, they were politely waiting for ~her~ to do something]....;)


54 posted on 01/02/2005 6:19:18 PM PST by Salamander (Life needs more cowbell!)
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To: Salamander

Oh wow.........
Such unconditional love and devotion.
I understand what you are saying about living (not really living) without dogs.
Heaven wouldn't be heaven without my puppy dogs.


55 posted on 01/02/2005 6:19:58 PM PST by Chong (God Bless and Protect Our Troops.)
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To: Chong

I was listening to a preacher the other night who said that heaven was a place where you would have everything you needed to make you happy.
He added that, if your pets were what you needed, you'd have them, too.
I sure look forward to that....:)


56 posted on 01/02/2005 6:23:54 PM PST by Salamander (Life needs more cowbell!)
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To: Salamander
"Don't get me started or I'll post that "If sorrow were a staircase" thing"

Would you please? (If you do, then I won't post that "The Power of the Dog" thing.) :-)

57 posted on 01/02/2005 6:25:16 PM PST by Chong (God Bless and Protect Our Troops.)
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To: Salamander

So do I....


58 posted on 01/02/2005 6:26:13 PM PST by Chong (God Bless and Protect Our Troops.)
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To: buffyt
Right - when we would sleep on the floor in No Cal, my Jerry Bear would stand up and bark about 5 seconds before a quake (if it was big enough to feel - he didn't do it EVERY time the floor shook a little). I swear he heard them coming.

I miss CA sometimes, but not wondering if it was THE BIG ONE every time the floor shook.

59 posted on 01/02/2005 6:28:02 PM PST by sandalwood ("Hail to alcohol - the cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems")
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To: Chong

If sorrow could build a staircase
If tears could make a lane
I'd climb right up to Heaven
And bring you home again.



I was relieved when PetsMart finaly sold the last one so I wouldn't bawl in public everytime I went for dogfood or toys.


60 posted on 01/02/2005 6:32:09 PM PST by Salamander (Life needs more cowbell!)
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