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xchrom

(108,903 posts) Sat Jul 14, 2012, 12:59 PM Jul 2012

real men are kind to animals

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real men are kind to animals (Original Post) xchrom Jul 2012 OP

Dog love them! lunatica Jul 2012 #1

Great picture. nt Chorophyll Jul 2012 #2

Have you seen this? Chorophyll Jul 2012 #3

yeah i saw that! xchrom Jul 2012 #4

Not just dogs pinboy3niner Jul 2012 #6

That's wonderful. Chorophyll Jul 2012 #7

He was quite a guy pinboy3niner Jul 2012 #8

yes we are... we see them as partners fascisthunter Jul 2012 #5

lunatica

(53,410 posts)

1. Dog love them!

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Sat Jul 14, 2012, 01:00 PM

Jul 2012

Chorophyll

(5,179 posts)

2. Great picture. nt

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Sat Jul 14, 2012, 01:02 PM

Jul 2012

Chorophyll

(5,179 posts)

3. Have you seen this?

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Sat Jul 14, 2012, 01:06 PM

Jul 2012

Meet Holly’s Half Dozen. These six Golden Retriever pups were born on June 24th and have already begun very important work — helping to heal the invisible wounds of our Nation’s Combat Veterans. Recovering Service Members at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and the National Intrepid Center of Excellence in Bethesda, MD are engaged in the critical task of socializing the pups through puppy petting...[/div class="excerpt"]

http://explore.org/#!/live-cams/player/service-puppy-cam

A bit slow to buffer sometimes, but worth it!

xchrom

(108,903 posts)

4. yeah i saw that!

Reply to Chorophyll (Reply #3)

Sat Jul 14, 2012, 01:08 PM

Jul 2012

i really follow the rescue dogs, and dogs that are bred to help our troops at home.

i also follow the dogs rescued from afghanistan and iraq.

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)

6. Not just dogs

Reply to Chorophyll (Reply #3)

Sat Jul 14, 2012, 01:15 PM

Jul 2012

A late friend of mine who served as a combat medic in Vietnam started a program that brought abused and traumatized children together with horses at a ranch. The results for the kids, naturally, were very therapeutic.

Chorophyll

(5,179 posts)

7. That's wonderful.

Reply to pinboy3niner (Reply #6)

Sat Jul 14, 2012, 01:43 PM

Jul 2012

Your friend must have been quite a guy.

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)

8. He was quite a guy

Reply to Chorophyll (Reply #7)

Sat Jul 14, 2012, 01:53 PM

Jul 2012

He lost a leg in the war, but that never stopped him from reaching out to better the lives of others.

R.I.P., Doc.

fascisthunter

(29,381 posts)

5. yes we are... we see them as partners

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Sat Jul 14, 2012, 01:12 PM

Jul 2012

family, friends... I took in a stray calico and she has been the apple of my eye. She and I have a great relationship, even though she tends to wake me every morning around 5 to be fed and let out. Lol... I think the measure of one's heart and mind is how one treats animals.

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