Showing 10 posts tagged with "great dogs"
Endal was a service dog given to Royal Navy Chief Petty Officer Allen Parton after he suffered severe head injuries during the (first) Gulf War. He’s credited with saving Parton’s marriage, and on at least one occasion, his life.
Endal died in March at age 13, but not before his story had been told in a British tv documentary and a book. Now a U.K. film producer has optioned the rights to tell Endal’s story on the big screen.
A two-year-old boy was lost for 25 hours in the Yukon, but was kept safe by a dog he encountered there.
Searchers found the two together and said the boy had apparently followed the dog, Koda, through the woods and huddled close to it to stay warm.
Koda’s owner, who said it was “amazing” the two [...]
A woman shares fond reminiscences of a special Golden Retriever who touched the lives of all she met.
An 89-year-old man who was stranded for two days after his ATV overturned was protected from circling cougars by his “big black dog,” Jake.
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer has the details.
We know that dogs’ olfactory abilities are amazing, so much better than humans’. Dogs’ keen sense of smell even has health care applications.
And we know that dogs sometimes demonstrate extraordinarily nurturing traits with people and other animals.
Jewel is a special dog. Her person, Oakland, CA resident Charlotte Cook, shares Jewel’s story.
