Debp Posted October 3, 2019 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 52 Topic Count: 1,014 Topics Per Day: 0.15 Content Count: 12,265 Content Per Day: 1.79 Reputation: 16,321 Days Won: 92 Joined: 07/19/2005 Status: Offline Share Posted October 3, 2019 This is really something....amazing how gentle these big dogs are to the tiny babies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coliseum Posted October 3, 2019 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 14 Topic Count: 133 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 1,123 Content Per Day: 0.67 Reputation: 2,055 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/07/2019 Status: Offline Share Posted October 3, 2019 I had two Goldens. One was field-trained to do nearly impossible things. Taught only by hand signals without any voice commands, the one would sit looking into your eyes waiting to be given his "hunting" assignment. Pointing to a destination, he would go into the field and retrieve what he could not initially see, bring it back, drop it at your feet, sit, and avidly wait for the next adventure. He would have given his life for me. Both dogs died within three months of each other; it was heartbreaking. A picture hangs in my living room of a 15th century soldier. He lays in his cot in full armor, with his sword along his side. He is dead. His Golden Retriever sits at attention by his bedside waiting for its next command. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coliseum Posted October 3, 2019 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 14 Topic Count: 133 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 1,123 Content Per Day: 0.67 Reputation: 2,055 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/07/2019 Status: Offline Share Posted October 3, 2019 2 minutes ago, Sonshine☀️ said: Oh, Coliseum. Our Father gave us a most beautiful thing when He created dogs—He created them especially to provide companionship, comfort, and best of all—unconditional love! My dog, Jessi Blue, is one of my “bestest” friends. A young girl about eight years old was seen in the store petting a dog, talking to it, and smiling from ear to ear. Her parents stood to the side as they watched her. The parents were very moved and the mother began to cry. It was the very first time they heard their autistic daughter speak in full sentences. Dogs do not know the beauty they can inhabit in someone's life that make others beautiful too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debp Posted October 3, 2019 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 52 Topic Count: 1,014 Topics Per Day: 0.15 Content Count: 12,265 Content Per Day: 1.79 Reputation: 16,321 Days Won: 92 Joined: 07/19/2005 Status: Offline Author Share Posted October 3, 2019 8 hours ago, Coliseum said: A picture hangs in my living room of a 15th century soldier. He lays in his cot in full armor, with his sword along his side. He is dead. His Golden Retriever sits at attention by his bedside waiting for its next command. That reminds me of the amazing true story of Hachi, a Japanese dog. Hachi would accompany his owner, a professor, to the train station every day! Then when the train would return at the end of the work day, Hachi would go to the train station waiting for his owner. One day his owner had a heart attack and died at his job. Hachi faithfully went to the train station every day for ten years!!! Always waiting for his owner to return. Hachi finally died. There is a very good movie called Hachi. Please try to see it, I cried at the end but it is a beautiful movie starring Richard Gere. Hachi is a hero in Japan and set forth as an example of faithfulness. There are even some statues as a memorial to him. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hachikō https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hachi:_A_Dog's_Tale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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