An Elephant's Faithful 100%

Remember Horton Hears a Who ? Horton is the elephant and he's a friend to the very end ! He's always saying "I meant what I said, and I said what I meant, an elephant's faithful one hundred percent." Well it turns out to be TRUE ! Especially if you're man's an elephant's best friend !

Here's the story of two such friends - Bella and Tarra.

Atten-HUT ! Dogs in the Military

Did you know dogs like me have been part of our military for decades? Here's just a little of our history in warfare.

• The Belgian army used dogs for hauling machine guns in WW I;
• During WW I we also were used to carry messages to and from the front lines;
• In WW II dogs, donated by their owners, were used in the Pacific to do things like sniff out bombs and find enemy soldiers in hiding;
• In Vietnam more than 5,000 war dogs worked hard to save more than 10,000 lives. Almost 50 dogs were killed in action, along with approximately 75 of their handlers.

I'm proud to salute all our veterans, include the four legged ones too !

Why We Dogs Rock ! Long Live Sid !

LONGVIEW, Wash. -- A Longview couple says Sid, their pet German shepherd, helped save their children by alerting them to a rapidly growing fire. The flames broke out after a kerosene lamp shattered Friday morning inside the home where Wendy Mudge and her three children, Seth Jolly and twins Molly and Mason, have been living with Ed Arthur for the last year.“I heard a glass explosion behind me and when I turned around, almost the entire wall was already engulfed in flames," Mudge says.

Arthur had just stepped into the shower when Mudge burst in to warn him. He says everything happened very quickly."I don’t think I turned the shower off. I stepped out. I grabbed a towel and wrapped it around me," Arthur says. "I didn’t know if the kids were out of the house, if the animals were out of the house.Then 9-year-old Sid ran upstairs to the kids’ room and barked until all three were heading out the front door to safety.(Sid was) going from each room, barking, waking the kids, and would not come downstairs until all three of the kids were down," Mudge says.J

olly says Sid was trying to save him despite being burned in the blaze."I’m a really deep sleeper and I would not have woke up if it wasn’t for him barking. He was in my room barking and he was literally on fire," he says.Once outside, Sid's owners extinguished the flames on their pet."We got them out the door and I grabbed Sid’s dog bed and threw myself and the bed on top of Sid to put the flames out and took him outside," Mudge says.

The dog suffered some burns and lung damage, but appears to be recovering.The family says the blaze gutted their home and killed two other dogs, a female shepherd and a puppy.Since Friday night, the family has been staying at a Kelso motel and will be looking for a new home.Mudge says the family liked to use kerosene lamps and candles for soft light, warmth and a little savings on the electric bill.

See a video about my bud Sid here: http://www.kptv.com/news/25690396/detail.html

Sleep well, Sanara

I heard another dog friend I never got to meet passed away the other day. Sanara, a dog friend of my mom's, had gotten old, and was having a lot of health problems. So her owners did all they could to make her final days comfortable and make her feel cared for. I'm sure wherever Sanara is now, she is grateful for all the love she got while she was here.

A while ago my G'Paw showed me this video, about a dog named Bo. He was the dog of a famous actor, Jimmy Stewart. Whenever he hears of someone losing there best friend, my G'Paw likes to play this video. Maybe you'll like it too. It's sad, but it's heartfelt !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUNJjIwlHk8