All tTerriers, by the nature of their breeding, are fearless warriors...but before we start blaming all pitbulls lets remember that they are terriers too and have also paid the supreme sacrifice time and again for their human companions.
Jack Russells, the pit bull in a terrier body.
And there’s more truth to that most know.
Doggie Hero bump!
WOW! This is both heart-warming and heart-breaking at the same time.
Good riddance to the pit bulls, and hopefully to their owners/trainers as well if it is found that these monsters were drugged.
George is going to be my desktop photo for a while.
Imparting human motives to animals is fun, but this behavior is bred into most terriers and some other dogs, such as dachshunds.
My beagle stays behind me if I’m going down the hall to check a noise at night. I call him a coward, but it’s just his breeding.
Lovely. If so, I hope they rot in prison.
I heard Paul Harvey talk about this on his program this morning. Big lump in my throat for the Terrier. If there are paw prints on the path to the Pearly Gates, this dog is surely making them.
Good dog!
*sniff*
Little doggie hero ping!
Dog hero bump, difficult to type when crying.
Reminds me of the time my Collie took a nasty Boxer down by the throat to protect my sister.
True story (really): Had a pretty gal friend — lost touch years ago — who had an Irish wolfhound. She was walking her dog one Spring day, and a guy with a pitbull on a leash was coming the other way. He let go of the dog’s leash and said “sick ‘im.” The pit bull charged. Friend yelled, “call him off,” he shrugged. So she let her dog go, too.
The result: one swipe of a paw, one broken-back dead pitbull. The jerk wasn’t too happy, but what was he going to do?
PS That Irish wolfhound was a great dog — extremely playful and friendly. Only problem is that he thought he was a lapdog — ooooffff! (For those who don’t know, Irish wolfhounds can be HUGE, and this one was.)
PPS Don’t blame the dogs, in the story or here. Blame the sorry, worthless, scumbag owners. Uncle has rotty’s, which are as demonized as pit bulls. Always has, always will. Great, fun, friendly, loyal dogs, all of ‘em. Why? Because that’s how he raises them. Now, I still pity anyone who breaks into his place...
Nine-years-old. Old George looks a bit tired in the picture. More impressive that he’s still got the fire in him.
I’ve got a dog who’s ten, but he is deaf as a stump. Still pretty lively when he’s not sleeping, which is always.
HERO DOG
A friend of mine in Las Cruces has a Jack Russell. They live by the Air Rescue heliport. The dog LOVES to chase the helicopters on their way in and out. The first time the dog got out of the yard, he jumped into the helicopter after it landed. The dog currently knows all of the air crew members. The helicopter crews fly by the house on their way in and out looking for the dog!
Well, George had something that most of our politicians don’t have, especially the Democrats. That is a ‘pair’.
What a good dog...