Are you looking to spruce up your refrigerator door? Check out these new magnets from the AKC Museum of the Dog online store!
These new magnets feature several Search and Rescue dogs, in honor of the Museum of the Dog’s newest exhibition, 9/11 Remembered: Search and Rescue Dogs. Take home your own piece of history and honor the legacy of these canine heroes. Featuring art by Ron Burns. Continue reading 9/11 Search and Rescue Dog Magnets
AKC Museum of the Dog CEO and Executive Director, Alan Fausel interviews AKC President and CEO, Dennis Sprung on how the American Kennel Club coordinated efforts to assist the SAR handlers and dogs at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Continue reading 9/11 Remembered: Search and Rescue Dogs
In honor of the upcoming 20th anniversary of 9/11, the AKC Museum of the Dog is offering for sale these 10″ plush search and rescue dogs. Aren’t they cute?
Click here to order. Or, if you’re in the town so nice they named it twice, stop by the museum and be sure to visit the gift shop! Their address: 101 Park Ave, New York, NY 10178.
Until next time,
Good day, and good dog!
Honoring the heroes of 9/11 on this mournful day.
Here’s the trailer. You can catch the whole movie on YouTube. Worth the 1.5 hours it takes to see the whole thing.
#NeverForget
Until next time,
Good day, and good dog!
Of the more than 300 search and rescue dogs working at Ground Zero, Bretagne was the last survivor. Today.com broke the news this evening that the Golden Retriever hadn’t eaten for three days when her partner, Denise Corliss, made the difficult decision that it was time to say goodbye. Continue reading Bretagne, Last 9/11 Search & Rescue Dog, Dead at Age 16
Although most, if not all of the dogs who searched the 9/11 rubble have now crossed the Rainbow Bridge, we will never forget their selfless work and devotion to duty.
Until next time,
Good day, and good dog!
Until next time,
Good day, and good dog!
Foregoing my usual Shelter Sunday feature to focus today on the heroes from September 11, 2001: Search & rescue dogs.
May God Bless America
Until next time,
Good day, and good dog!
We featured a story this week about a dog who had been trained to call 911, and did so when his guardian had a seizure. I’m not so sure any of my dogs would be capable of this – how about you?
Until next time,
Good day, and good dog!