Here is a fantastic interview with fallen Marine Corps military working dog handler Cpl Dustin Lee’s parents. The Lee’s were allowed to adopt their son’s military working dog Lex after he gave the ultimate price while serving in Iraq, the first time a family of a fallen handler was allowed to adopt their surviving military working dog. [...]
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By Bob Susnjara-Daily Herald Staff
Fox Lake’s American Legion Post has a new member with four legs, a bite of about 1,200 pounds of pressure per square inch and a willingness to eat meat on a floor.
Dexter became the first military working dog to receive a membership card for American Legion Post 703 at a ceremony [...]
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Posted in Military stories, dogs, police dogs on Apr 26th, 2008
Found this story and wanted to pass it along. Has nothing to do with working dogs but I enjoyed it so I thought you might.
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Just Stay
A nurse took the tired, anxious serviceman to the bedside.
“Your son is here,” she said to the old man.
She had to repeat the words several times before the patient’s eyes opened.
Heavily [...]
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As a handler it’s hard for me to start a blog dedicated to dog teams without talking about my own dog I handled, Rex E168. So I will get this tribute done and move on. No matter what military branch, police dept, security contracting company, or other organization you are apart of that utilizes dogs, [...]
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