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Dog saves girl from snake (Formerly abused dog repays new family's love - touching story)
The Cairns Post (Queensland, Australia) ^ | October 31, 2007 | Jennifer Eliot

Posted on 10/30/2007 7:10:44 PM PDT by Stoat

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To: arbooz

did you ever see the obscure movie ‘Eyes of an Angel’ with John Travolta? Although it says it’s a true story I can’t find proof of that but like it anyway. This story reminded me of it.


21 posted on 10/30/2007 7:34:22 PM PDT by RDTF ("Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear". Mark Twain)
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To: Stoat

A true dog of action!

Most humans probably wouldn’t have such calmness, courage, and presence of mind. Being so new to the family, Khan would have been in big trouble if the little girl was hurt when he flung her. Selflessly, he risked everything to protect her.


22 posted on 10/30/2007 7:34:51 PM PDT by Unknowing (Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.)
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To: Stoat
With all due respect to Khan, this was a copycat rescue:

Weela, Ken-L Ration's Dog Hero of the Year (1993)


23 posted on 10/30/2007 7:35:44 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: RDTF

Good doggie


24 posted on 10/30/2007 7:36:30 PM PDT by nuconvert ("Terrorism is not the enemy. It is a means to the ends of militant Islamism." MZJ)
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To: Stoat

I LOVE my dog.


25 posted on 10/30/2007 7:36:52 PM PDT by dadgum
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To: Stoat

KHAAAAANNNN!!!!

26 posted on 10/30/2007 7:38:51 PM PDT by B Knotts (Tancredo '08!)
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To: xsmommy; CholeraJoe; Texan5; Gabz; secret garden; VRWCmember

Awwwww, good doggie ping.


28 posted on 10/30/2007 7:40:21 PM PDT by tioga
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To: Joe 6-pack

thanks for posting that Joe!


29 posted on 10/30/2007 7:40:41 PM PDT by RDTF ("Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear". Mark Twain)
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To: Stoat

Good Dog. I click on the link for the pdf and Kahn still looks a little pale around the muzzle. What a wonderful champion this little one has in the family now.


30 posted on 10/30/2007 7:43:23 PM PDT by armymarinemom (My sons freed Iraqi and Afghan Honor Roll students.)
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Sorry typo. Clicked. blush.


31 posted on 10/30/2007 7:43:59 PM PDT by armymarinemom (My sons freed Iraqi and Afghan Honor Roll students.)
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To: Stoat

We can never repay them for all they do for us. People who mistreat these wonderful creatures are beneath contempt!

Something similar happened to my mom when she was very small, but the snake was a rattler, and the dog was a German Sheperd. The dog took the snake out.

Years ago, I was swimming in the Lake of the Ozarks with 3 friends when their grandparent’s dog started barking like crazy from the dock which we were very close to. We were in our early teens, and didn’t get the message. The dog (an Irish Setter) jumped in with us, and the next thing we knew (it happened so fast) the dog was on the shore. The water moccasin hanging from his mouth was dead. We all got out of the water very quickly.

Dogs are the most wonderful creatures God gave us.


32 posted on 10/30/2007 7:44:03 PM PDT by Just Lori (There is nothing democrat-"ic" about democrats.)
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To: Stoat

Thanks for the translation. I take a ‘nappy’ every afternoon at 1:00!


33 posted on 10/30/2007 7:50:41 PM PDT by Vor Lady (Objects in vehicle are better armed than they appear...)
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To: Stoat

...the Almighty, who gave the dog to be companion of our pleasures and our toils, hath invested him with a nature noble and incapable of deceit.
-Sir Walter Scott


34 posted on 10/30/2007 7:52:08 PM PDT by MarineBrat (My wife and I took an AIDS vaccination that the Church offers.)
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To: arbooz

Beautiful pics, on your home page. I’m on my third Dobe now. The third (turd as we call her occasionally) has been a real challenge compared to the other two though.


35 posted on 10/30/2007 7:56:28 PM PDT by kylaka
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To: Stoat

St. Francis does watch over us.


36 posted on 10/30/2007 8:04:45 PM PDT by Westlander (Unleash the Neutron Bomb)
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To: Stoat

What a wonderful dog.


37 posted on 10/30/2007 8:09:50 PM PDT by freekitty ((May the eagles long fly our beautiful and free American sky.))
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To: Stoat

We, too, rescued an abused dog. She was so humble she would only crawl in our presence. Now she loves to run and play. She makes a very good friend.


39 posted on 10/30/2007 8:23:39 PM PDT by Peace Is Coming
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God bless and protect Khan all the days of his life, and may his days be greatly extended for his heroic deed.


40 posted on 10/30/2007 8:25:05 PM PDT by Shadowstrike (Be polite, Be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet.)
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