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[Re: Jennifer Ruzsa ]
#127782 - 02/05/2007 06:39 AM |
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It's funny, when I read the article in the paper, I thought "wow, the dog was used as an instrument of God" my thoughts had absolutely ZERO to do with the dog. I guess we'll never know, but what happened was SO FAR out of the dog's biological evolutionary capabilities of reason that I just didn't think it was ALL the dog, if ya know what I mean. 
A dog protecting it's owner is one thing... This is a miracle, right up there with babies that are thrown off overpasses and don't die. And that ISN'T because those babies just landed better.
Ah well, just an opinion. I do understand what you're saying , yet if any creature besides a human can be used as an instrument of God to help a person, it would be the dog. It does have to do with a capacity for reasoning however, otherwise God could have used a deer or a cow. There are different levels of intelligence in different creatures. Some live by pure instinct - dogs have more than just instinct. They have a dog's level of emotions, capacity for reasoning, and ability to love a human.
Just cause the reasoning, emotions and love are not on a human level, doesn't mean they aren't equipped with it on a different level.
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Re: "Hero"
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#127791 - 02/05/2007 09:15 AM |
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And the dogs' owners STILL sent him to the pound. WTF?
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Re: "Hero"
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#127792 - 02/05/2007 09:26 AM |
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And the dogs' owners STILL sent him to the pound. WTF? I agree with that sentiment. It's probably better for the dog though, as now he'll have a proper owner and may even end up being in SAR. I can understand a dog getting loose once or twice but constantly getting out means the owner doesn't care and hasn't taken proper measures to keep him safe. IMO. So at least the dog is better off, bless his heart.
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Re: "Hero"
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#127839 - 02/05/2007 01:27 PM |
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Hmm, this happened like 20 miles from where I live now.
I checked the local paper and the news article's a bit "different" locally, needless to say.
No evidence at all except for the car wreck, and most law enforcement folks know what's usually responsible for a single vehicle crash. Not to mention the idiocy of being an un-restrained driver....
Here's the article...notice what they had the law enforcement offical saying:
"Johnson said without more specific information, there is no way for him to verify if those reports are true."
http://www.timesenterprise.com/local/local_story_030231043.html
A story with no proof is just that, a story. And this one likely isn't true.
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Re: "Hero"
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#127845 - 02/05/2007 01:53 PM |
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I sure wish I had further information about the dog and could call that number they offer in the recent article. If nothing else, the dog is getting some good publicity for a re-home.
Hopefully, the humane society there has stringent measures for selecting people looking to adopt and that the dog gets placed in the right home.
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Re: "Hero"
[Re: Michele McAtee ]
#127885 - 02/05/2007 09:45 PM |
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Will, How right you are. I shouldn't be surprised that a reporter embellished. I see it daily when I read the local paper. The facts and the article are rarely the same. I've been involved in dozens of incidents that make the newspaper and they never get it right, even when you give them a typewritten press release with all the facts right there to copy.
Howard
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Re: "Hero"
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#127966 - 02/06/2007 12:52 PM |
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odd...they had the lady and the dog on some morning show yesterday and they said the owner did give up the dog, but not to the pound. They said that the dog was being taken into the Search & Rescue program in that city. The owner couldn't handle the dog and he (the dog) was constantly escaping from their house so the owner readily gave the dog up.
They interviewed the lady that was in the accident. She claims the dog jumped on the hood of her car, where she was lying, licked her face then dragged her up an embankment to the side of the HWY.
Sounds kind of hard to believe that a dog with absolutely no training at all could perform those feats. But I am going to believe he did....just to be positive..lol
edit: i just read a story that the dog was given up to the pound..and they are going to SEE if he has what it takes for search and rescue. From the way the guy on the morning show was talking they were saying the dog was already in the Search and Rescue's custody and not at the pound!
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Re: "Hero"
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#127969 - 02/06/2007 01:00 PM |
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Look at it in a realistic manner - The woman/victim outweighs the dog by 70 or 80 lbs. The odds of the dog being able to drag ( or wanting to ) an injured person ( who's a complete stranger to the dog ) *up* an embankment are slim to none.
And Thomasville doesn't even have a SAR team. There's a lady dog groomer that dabbles in it but she's never taken me up on several offers to go tracking. And as far as I know, there has been no deployment of search dogs in our area *ever*.
< shrug >
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Re: "Hero"
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#127970 - 02/06/2007 01:07 PM |
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My mistake then, but if the lady that dabbles in it has the last name of Drawdy, than she has the dog with her now and is doing preliminary testing or something along those lines...as per this article:
Based on Lorio’s experiences with Hero, Arrington thinks he might have the right stuff to be a search and rescue dog. So she contacted Heidy Drawdy, a veteran Thomasville dog trainer who is a member of South Georgia Search Dog, a group that has taken part in numerous searches, including work in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina.
After a preliminary evaluation, Drawdy said Hero may have the qualities needed to become a certified search and rescue dog, but first he’ll be given obedience training.
Following the accident, Hero’s previous owners signed him over to the Humane Society because he kept wandering off.
Hero will move in with Drawdy, her husband, Michael, and their two search dogs on Monday, she said.
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#127971 - 02/06/2007 01:11 PM |
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-Being the feral, dominant dog it is, the dog basically pulled her like it would with anyboy who had it on lead or in grasp...going in whatever general direction she decided to go, but charging ahead.
And she was probably drunk.
Steven, you are so flippin' funny, that was my first thought too. I think Michele meant well ,and wanted a change of pace, seems like quiet a few dogs passing away on this board.It was a nice story to read, but like many about "Hero dogs" out of the woods, you never know the full story.But it was a nice "Story"
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