Posted on 02/26/2010 10:25:27 PM PST by fishhound
BOMB hunting dog Treo has been awarded the animal version of the Victoria Cross — for saving Our Boys by sniffing out Taliban booby traps.
The heroic nine-year-old black labrador twice averted catastrophe by seeking out rigged devices with his handler Sergeant Dave Heyhoe.
And today loyal Treo — who is now retired — was handed the highest honour for a military dog, the Dickin Medal, by animal charity PDSA.
Devoted Treo saw frontline action patrolling with soldiers in Sangin, Afghanistan, in 2008 — dashing into danger with his super-sensitive nose to sniff out deadly devices.
(Excerpt) Read more at thesun.co.uk ...
Where did you find that picture? I paint dog portraits and I’d like to paint him.
I went to the link and found the picture (duh) but my printer is acting up and it won’t print it. grrrrrrrrr
"Sgt Heyhoe said the praise was symbolic for all dogs and their handlers working in warzones."
God bless them all.
What a brave pup. Thanks SandRat.
Good boy, Treo! Well done.
Thank you for the ping, Sandrat.
He’s a beauty! And brave too.
He is a beauty. I have a soft spot for black labs.
The link is:
http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00993/Treo-the-dog_280_993294a.jpg
If your browser is Firefox,
Right click on the picture, select ‘save image as’, and you can down load it to your PC.
I believe IE will say ‘save picture as’ instead of ‘save image as’.
Woof
Very good boy.
Hey, thanks SandRat. Good to get a ‘doggy ping’ again.
Treo is a beautiful dog, look at those golden eyes!
What a great story!
(Thanks for the ping.)
thanks.
Hope Treo gets the retirement he deserves - loving home and good food.
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