Posted on 02/08/2009 4:47:49 PM PST by traumer
A U.S. soldier returning to Fayetteville, N.C., from Afghanistan got a surprise welcome from two dogs he saved from starvation while stationed in the war-torn country.
WRAL.com, a FOX affiliate in Raleigh, reports that a charity animal-rescue program run by Internet search engine Dogpile.com reunited Staff Sgt. Daniel Barker with two dogs reportedly rescued by Barker and his fellow soldier, Adam Krause, during their 2008 deployment to Afghanistan.
Barker and Krause found the malnourished puppies abandoned on the streets of Afghanistan and brought them back to their military base, where they named them Jack and Emma, the station reports.
When the soldiers got near the end of their deployment in January, they contacted Dogpile.com after hearing about its work with the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
Dogpile.com reportedly agreed to pay for the dogs' journey to the U.S. and stay in Customs.
After being delivered to New York City, the puppies were taken to home by Barker's wife, Lisa, who cared for them until the soldiers returned.
"Jack has been Dan's rock over there. When he is out on missions and sees awful things, he comes back to his dog, Jack, and is able to have comfort," Barker's mother-in-law, Janice Rosengren, told the station.
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Too cool.
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Awesome. Great job by Dogpile.com to save the pups. Use their search engine because they support our soldiers....and their pups. ;-)
Google is the Obama search engine.
How cute
awwww! What a pretty dog. Too bad we don’t see more happy stories like this.
Google provides search results for Dogpile.
There is NOTHING like the unconditional love of a good dog. Well, maybe your kids’ love when they’re really young, but they figure you out for the poser you are soon enough, LOL!
I’ve been BLESSED to have had a few dogs like that in my lifetime: Miss Cinder. Miss Murphy. And now, Miss Lucy. (And ONE cat: Timothy Two-Tone.) :)
Glad this guy is finding some peace, too.
Good Dog! *PAT* *PAT* :)
You look deep into those big, beautiful brown eyes, and nobody's home!
Truly dumb dogs.
Yeah they use Yahoo and Google but i heard google gets no hits credit. I do like how Dogpile helped our soldiers and their pups.
Actually, a peek a poo and a cock a poo...great little team.
Her parents bred Afghan Hounds, and so does she. They sometimes had as many as 15-20 in the kennels behind their house.
None of them had two brain cells to rub together. Dumbest dogs I ever saw.
Awesome story!!! God bless all who were involved in getting those 2 dogs home...
Praise God the soldiers made it home safely as well!
I use their search engine and emailed all my friends!
Awesome. Great job by Dogpile.com to save the pups. Use their search engine because they support our soldiers....and their pups. ;-)
Google is the Obama search engine.
<<<Good point, I have stopped using google, but will default Dogpile! :)
That's fine, but do they provide a bag and a scoop as well? :)
Google is ONE of the search engines Dogpile employs. Google is STILL 0bama’s (ptui) search engine.
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