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By rebelann1949

@rebelann (111416)

El Paso, Texas

November 10, 2023 6:40pm CST

Many service men and women owe their lives to their K9 service partners. I salute those brave K9s who risked their own lives to save our soldiers, many were seriously injured. I salute those k9s that risked everything to save our troops and those who loved them enough to give them a home for their retirement years.

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@BarBaraPrz (45665)

• St. Catharines, Ontario

11 Nov

They should be remembered today, too.

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@rebelann (111416)

• El Paso, Texas

11 Nov

I love that, so many of our miliary were saved thanks to those dogs.

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@BarBaraPrz (45665)

• St. Catharines, Ontario

11 Nov

@rebelann My father had his horse shot out from under him. (He was already in the Polish Cavalry before Hitler invaded.)

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@rebelann (111416)

• El Paso, Texas

11 Nov

I shouldn't have forgotten all the other brave animals used by the military forces.

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@Tampa_girl7 (49267)

• United States

11 Nov

My daddy fondly remembered Clyde who was a hero dog in Vietnam who alerted them to the enemy many times.

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@rebelann (111416)

• El Paso, Texas

11 Nov

I can only imagine how he must have felt about them.

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@rebelann (111416)

• El Paso, Texas

14 Nov

That's awesome. I hope you have the chance to share his photo with us, he deserves a salute

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@Tampa_girl7 (49267)

• United States

14 Nov

@rebelann I have a few pictures of Clyde.

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@much2say (53941)

• Los Angeles, California

13 Nov

A thank you to our service animals! Yes, they are so brave and intelligent for all that they do and have done. That K9 certain deserved the highest honor!

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@rebelann (111416)

• El Paso, Texas

13 Nov

I saw several videos of different service dogs that were injured in the line of duty so I just picked this one, there were so many that gave so much to defend our troops.

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@much2say (53941)

• Los Angeles, California

14 Nov

@rebelann Oh I'm sure - there must be so many more that we never hear about . . . only a handful seem to make it to the news.

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@rebelann (111416)

• El Paso, Texas

14 Nov

You're right. I saw a few videos about veterans with their 4 legged buddies, 1 about the cats in WW1 and a couple about horses in WW1 I've only seen one article about how dolphins were used during the Vietnam war.

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@Juliaacv (48633)

• Canada

12 Nov

I thought of that earlier today also.

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@rebelann (111416)

• El Paso, Texas

12 Nov

BarBaraPrz also mentioned horses and of course there were the pigeons etc, they even used dolphins during the Vietnam and Persian gulf wars

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@JudyEv (326601)

• Rockingham, Australia

11 Nov

Those handlers and their dogs would have very strong bonds.

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@rebelann (111416)

• El Paso, Texas

12 Nov

You are correct. I wish I were the strong type of person who could handle a dog such as that but from what I've read those aren't the type of dogs just anyone should adopt.

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@CarolDM (203449)

• Nashville, Tennessee

12 Nov

So very true. I too salute all of these K9's who risked their brave lives.

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@rebelann (111416)

• El Paso, Texas

13 Nov

Someone within these replies mentioned that there were also horses and then I checked and it turns out that during the Vietnam war they also used dolphins. I doubt any of these animals would've volunteered to help wage war except maybe pups.

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@rebelann (111416)

• El Paso, Texas

13 Nov

I'm not sure if a combat war dog could be retrained to be a therapy dog.

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@CarolDM (203449)

• Nashville, Tennessee

13 Nov

@rebelann Amazing. So many animals could be therapy for so many, after the war.

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@AmbiePam (85976)

• United States

11 Nov

Amen to that. They are and were some special dogs.

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@rebelann (111416)

• El Paso, Texas

11 Nov

You're right.

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@jstory07 (135066)

• Roseburg, Oregon

21 Nov

I am thankful that someone will give them a retirement home. They served their country to.

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@rebelann (111416)

• El Paso, Texas

21 Nov

Me too.

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@Marilynda1225 (80147)

• United States

14 Nov

I just read a book and one of the main characters was an ex military dog who was adopted by a family. Parts of the book revolved around the dogs perspective on things and it made it interesting and different.

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@rebelann (111416)

• El Paso, Texas

14 Nov

Most of the time military dogs are only offered up for adoption to military handlers that know what the pup was trained for, retraining takes a lot of time, effort and love on the part of the hoomin.

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@Marilynda1225 (80147)

• United States

14 Nov

@rebelann I agree with you on that and of course the book I read was fiction.

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@LindaOHio (158447)

• United States

11 Nov

The K9s that serve in the military and in the police force should all be given good homes when they retire. Have a great weekend.

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@rebelann (111416)

• El Paso, Texas

11 Nov

Exactly

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@dya80dya (34151)

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23 Nov

These dogs are very intelligent and they should be appreciated.

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@rebelann (111416)

• El Paso, Texas

23 Nov

I agree with you. All those animals that were used to help countries wage war had to be intelligent to carry out the tasks the militia expected of them, really sad how humans enslave other species to help carry out wars.