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On the off-chance that someone reading here hasn’t seen it–Menagerie’s great post at CTH about the dogs of 9/11:
The Few, The Proud…….The Dogs Of 9/11
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2017/09/11/the-few-the-proud-the-dogs-of-911-3/
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Thank you Mary….while reading the post, the keyboard became wet…….
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roger that …
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Just posted my reply to it, reposting here:
Posted this a few years back but it’s worth posting again.
We had a dog handler from the 911 search talk to us. She said that they learned from the Oklahoma City bombing that the fogs, trained to locate survivors/bodies, had never worked a large and devastated site as the Murrah building. The smell of death and decay was all over the site and the dogs could smell it but the destruction was so complete that they couldn’t find bodies.
A ways into the search some the dogs started to act ‘off’ and didn’t seem as anxious or interested in working anymore, they were feeling ‘down’. One of the searchers figured that the dogs were depressed, they were trained to find people, they could smell people but couldn’t actually lay nose on anyone. One of the dog handlers figured a workaround – back at the areas they were staying in they’d have a worker lie down under some blankets, one of the dogs would be put into a search mode and sniff around until the worker was found. Turned out it worked, the down dogs finally got some play, ‘found’ someone and attitudes picked up. Last I heard the technique was still being used at the WTC. Dogs know.
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That was the part that hit me hardest.
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Part that hits me is what the dog, so socialized to prople in general, must feel finding dead people. Can’t tell me dogs don’t recognize ‘dead’, I’ve seen enough of them working to know they do, you can see the changes in their expressions and body language.
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I didn’t even want to think that far. I’m sure you are right.
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Basset Hound Dog kisses and Baby giggles – Dog Loves Baby Compilation
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incredibly tolerant pooch….or possibly suffering dementia….need to get them together for a serious “drool-off contest”……
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Mamo later told a journalist, “The challenge, of course, was to keep my dignity during this ordeal. I did well, did I not? The treat at the end had peanut butter in it. That’s amusing to the guy who subjects me to his photography obsession.”
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Why don’t we ever see these pix on Caturday?
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Dogs rule
Cats drool
…or something
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dead ringer for Maxine Waters’ photo negative….
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https://imgur.com/xA5G2Sl
Love the Dalmatians, and all the smiles 🙂 Thanks
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K9 and C4 are a bad combo.
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10-4
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Must be in a really hot climate.
C4 needs heat plus compression. 😉
C4 = we’re cooking bacon;
if we had some bacon. 😉
P.S.- Welcome back.
You’ve been missed.
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Authorities suspicious as bystanders report dog barking out “Allahu Akbar” just prior to leaping off the step.
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…”never ever attach a walking leash to a dog’s suicide vest……”
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Especially one of those auto-retracting ones.
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You Know Who corrected me: Allahu Akrark.
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nothing more beautiful than the Muslim Call to Dinner, said the pooch….
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A mujahidinner?
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Perhaps one last photo of the doggityday….
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