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 )
Now please, have mercy on me....NO Kipling!.....;)
I hadn't heard - thanks for telling me. We have border collie dogs and while they've never done anything like that Rottie did, I think they can do things we never considered. We've found they know when we're hurt, sad, angry, etc.
One of my pups, Kandy, barks at spiders, scorpions, or whatever happens to crawl into our house (rural Texas), if she can't get to it. She got stung by a brown 2 inch scorpion once trying to protect my feet from it, but it does not phase her. She paws and barks at stuff that she thinks might hurt me. (dumb dog!)
Border Collies are such smart dogs that they will never let you know what they're *really* capable of just so you won't be dragging them around to appear on TV.....LOL!
You are welcome. I cried my eyes out watching the episode and though it was a long ago, it still touches me deeply.
Oh yes they do know, especially Border Collie's. My Kandy girl is part Border Collie and part Austrian Shep and she is so sensitive and ALERT. She knows how I feel like you said, sadness, anger, fear, all. Ain't dogs such a blessing from above to get us through this harsh life?
Excuse me while I go hug my pups and give them kisses and tell them how much I love'em.
Good dog indeed!
My wife grew up never owning a dog and was a little hesitant when I wanted one. Now she can't imagine life without our dogs. I think it's a crime to grow up without dogs!
Great pig like that you don't eat all at once
Look fellas,I think it needs more cowbell
I doubt it is a joke. We have a 12 year old dog that has been blind since birth. He's a happy dog! (and an excellent watchdog). I've seen two dogs here (Thailand) with broken backs - probably been hit by a car - that their owners have kept and take care of them. They can only drag themselves around, however they are not in pain, and seem to enjoy being alive.
We should not be quick to take any life.
LOTS of dogs overseas look exactly like this dog.
.....:)
Proto-pups....:)
If it was a water dog, it could be named Bob.
I noticed them in Nigeria, Tanzania, the MidEast and SouthEast Asia. They all look just alike!
Did you see the show on Animal Planet about the two stray dogs?
The big one was totally blind and the little one led the big one around safely avoiding the hazards of city life and fetched it food.
Back when my "pup" really was a pup, she tended to pick up/play with everything she ran across.
One night I let them all out to go do their thing and Jack, her uncle, came back to the door with blood splattered all over himself.
I raced outside to see what he'd gotten into and found a very mangled rat snake.
Ordinarily, he'd sniff such a harmless thing and go on his way.
Since the "baby" came, they all have taken great pains to eliminate hazards because I suppose they sensed she didn't know any better than to mess with ~any~ snake, much less judge which were "bad".
She has a thing for puddles and the snake must've been drinking at the perpetual pool that lies directly under one stretch of spouting.
Did Jack "know" she'd head for the puddle immediately and attack the snake to head off disaster?
I'll never know for sure but it seems that way.
I tried to save the poor snake but after being bitten and repeatedly stomped, he had no chance.
One of the coolest things about having 3 or more dogs is that it tends to bring out the "pack behavior" stuff pretty heavily.
It's fascinating to watch and sometimes you feel as if you're truly living with wolves....;))
Way back when, I read an amazing book on dog genetics.
The author was researching dominant/recessive breed characteristics such as color, ear carriage, tail-type, etc.
He actually spent years breeding and crossbreeding many purebred dogs and found that eventually, they all revert to some variation of the dun-colored, prick-eared paleo-dog.
The artificial appearances we have forced onto them by selective breeding rapidly disappear and they revert to a canine "proto-type".
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