The Dog House

So, it's a liability concern. That really sucks. It makes me question the value of training dogs in that manner--it is certainly against the nature of dogs, who are by nature affable and largely non-violent. I wonder if anyone has ever shown that such dogs have a great utility?

Beats me. The military isn't always evidence based.

Dogs are pretty pliable to their pack leader. Lapdog and junkyard dog are stereotypes with quite a bit of truth.

Speaking of military cruelty to animals; I think horses have had a worse deal historically.

Oh no doubt, Frederick the Great estimated that 60,000 horses were killed in the Prussian service in the Seven Years War. Most horses who have died in wars were, quite simply, worked to death.

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Thanks, your Lordyship . . . seeing that did me a world of good.

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made me cry.. the good way

A good tale..

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/apr/25/pero-sheepdog-travels-240-miles-back-former-home




A sheepdog has made a 240-mile trek to be reunited with his original owners in Wales after apparently deciding that he didn’t want to settle on a farm in Cumbria, where he had been sent to work.

Pero, a four-year-old working sheepdog, will now remain with his previous owners after turning up again on their farm near Aberystwyth, a fortnight after making a break from Cockermouth on 8 April.

Alan and Shan James had sent Pero off to help out on the other farm in March, believing that he would be ideal for the job of rounding up sheep there. Evidently however, the relocation to England was not for the Welsh sheepdog, who abandoned his work in a field earlier this month and embarked on the journey back to his birthplace.

“We’d been told that Pero had disappeared, and was nowhere to be seen,” Shan James told the BBC from the family’s sheep farm in Penrhyn-coch.

“But then, last Wednesday evening, 20 April, my husband Alan went out to check on the animals after supper and there was Pero on our doorstep. It was a bit of a shock, and the dog was going crazy after seeing Alan.”

Eager to piece together the story of Pero’s adventures on the road, the family are now interested to know if any members of the public have had an unfamiliar sheepdog sniffing around for food at any point over the last two weeks.

“When he came back, he wasn’t hungry or weak, so he must have managed to find food somewhere. He must have stopped in places along the way,” added James.

Clearly that thing isn't fit for human consumption and the pup just wants to make sure the person remains healthy. If that means... sacrificing herself by eating it herself? She'll do it anyday!

I read this today.

Brilliant!

They spelt his name wrong! It should be Perro (spanish for dog) not Pero (spanish for but) - unless of course it was some convoluted bilingual pun to call him bum (butt).

Sorry, coffee hasn't kicked in yet.

Still love this Set.

I take it you mean the astronaut photo--that's a great one.

I thought so too but let it lie there in my mind. A pun or mistake, dog good.

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