Dog honored as a War hero. Your thoughts & story inside? ->?

What an honor♥

thanks for sharing...

I have heard of people

dying from a broken

heart....

I'm sure animals

do too...

An inspirational read...

((((Scooter)))) :)

The British Army has the Dickin Medal for animals that acted bravely in battle, so it has happened before. I am willing to bet that the Dickin Medal has been awarded to dogs and horses only. In the long history of the British military I doubt a cat ever went into battle other than for its own needs.

The war dog stories amply illustrate the important role that serving military dogs deployed to work in mentally challenging situations have in protecting human lives. Because of the remarkable job the Theo and handler did, many families were from the news a loved one had been killed or seriously injured, and that is their legacy, not the cause of death of the dog.

A dog and handler can form a very strong bond, and I would imagine the most effective partnerships are those with the strongest bond between man and dog, working together to get whatever task was required of them done.

If Lance Cpl. Liam Tasker’s is comforted to a small degree by the close bond between her son and his working dog, and attributed (incorrectly as the cause of death was more likely a reaction to extreme stress or an undiagnosed medical condition) Theo’s death to a broken heart, it does no harm.

Jane Duffy is absolutely correct there is no stronger bond between a human and their companion dog. Dogs love unconditonally and his heart did break, he realized that daddy was not coming home anymore (dogs do grieve in so many ways) so the only possible way to deal with it is basically he had gone into shock causing a seisure. I have to handsome loving males at home whom I love more than people and that is a fact no lie. Both my canine boys mean so much to me they even talk to me using body language or just their eyes so I could always sense something is not good, My condolences to Mrs Jane Duffy We could all learn from her strength even in her grieving she proved her courageous attitude

very sad and i think tasker's mother was correct about the broken heart.

Many of us never hear about War Dog or just a sound bite. I feel both in the UK and US they should be nationally recognized.

It is not just the War Dogs, but SAR and others used by other services

Chetak

A very touching story. No wonder the dog is man's best friend. It sure was apparent here. I think he died of a broken heart for animals have feelings, too. I love seeing stories of heroes like this man and dog. and not the garbage we usually see or the abuse many animals suffer by man.

I applaud the british for getting it right and honoring him, too. He definitely deserved it.

Thanks for sharing this story with us.

Theo is an extremely good name for a dog.

When a dog dies of "mysterious" circumstances, on the same day as his handler was killed in war, its sad. And even newsworthy.

But when we use that event to spin a tale of man's best friend and death do us part, we trivialize all the other war dogs that continue to live, fight and die . I recently read there are now over 2500 dogs in the US military - and 14 killed in action.

Where was the news story? Was there a ceremony to honour those dogs?

I prefer war hero's are honored for what they were sent to do - fight a war. There is nothing sentimental about it - its bloody, its brutal, and it kills. Harlequin Romance has no place in this and attributing selfless courage, and nerves of steel to a dog that died of what could have just as easiy have been PTSD - or anxiety, is a gross insult to what serving in war does to a dog.

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This dog is truly a hero. I thank both him and his partner for their service and sacrifice, as I do all military personnel. We are forever in their debt.

Good dog Theo.