Deutscher Schäferhund (and friend)

A couple more pictures in this wonderful gift of dog pictures, (mostly German Shepherds from one estate), from Stacy.

Thanks, Stacy.

K-9 Inc. Training School

That's a very good dog.

found/photographer unknown

Vintage Polaroid-Collie

<3.

found/photographer unknown

WTH Is This?

Found. (Photographer unknown)

I have no idea what this is, but it sure has fired my imagination.

Girl And A Dog Sleeping On Bed, William Gedney ca. 1967

Collection: William Gedney Photographs and Writings
Category: Photographs
Category: Miscellaneous, 1958-1982
Type: Photographs
Box Number: 39
Negative Number: 5040-22
Exposure: ca. 1967
Year: ca. 1967
Print: Unknown
Photographer: Gedney, William Gale, 1932-1989
Mark: None
Subject: Daughter of a Composer
Item Number: M10154

Duke University Library-Digital Collections

Russian Wolfhound In Action American Museum Of Natural History Photo By Nina Leen

A Russian Wolfhound in action.
Location: US
Date taken: November 1944
Photographer: Nina Leen
Size: 1280 x 953 pixels (17.8 x 13.2 inches)

LIFE Magazine Photo Archive

Dogs Help Veterans Heal And Promote Independence And Normalcy

Photo: Tyrone Turner for The New York Times veterans helped by healing paws Copyright 2008 © NYT

“In November 2007, [Sergeant Eugene Gwathmey] was teamed with Larry, an English Labrador and golden retriever mix. The bond between them was instant.
Larry helps with walking stability and P.T.S.D., and has also demonstrated the potentially life-saving ability to alert Sergeant Gwathmey to a seizure before it happens. Larry has changed his life, he said, and has given him back a large degree of independence.
“Before Larry, I couldn’t stand crowds,” he said. “My confidence in being out in public has gone from not going out at all to going out on my own.” Sergeant Gwathmey is also being treated for traumatic brain injury and is assigned to the Wounded Warrior Regiment at Walter Reed.”

(...) Sue Downes, 28, enlisted in the Army in 2004 as a precursor to a career in law enforcement. In 2006 she was deployed to Afghanistan as a military police officer, and there, on Nov. 28, her military vehicle exploded after hitting an improvised explosive device.
Because of the mountainous terrain, a medevac unit was unable to reach her. “I bled out for six hours,” Ms. Downes said. She was eventually treated at two local NATO hospitals, where both her legs were amputated.

(...) In addition to helping Ms. Downes walk with her prosthetic legs, Lila has become a loving and intuitive companion, particularly with P.T.S.D.

Lila also likes to go to PetSmart. Ms. Downes said she was thankful that while out in public, people tended to pay more attention to Lila than to her disability.

“Sue has overcome a lot,” Mr. Naranjo said. “I think Lila makes her feel at ease. In the Army, we have this thing called a battle buddy. You never go anywhere by yourself, and you always take your battle buddy because they are there to protect you and you are there to protect them. It’s the same concept with a service dog.”

I'm going to try not to complain so fu****g much, and remember these folks and their sacrifice. Trite? So what. Today is Veterans Day.  Everyday should be Veterans Day.