Kutyakozmetika

06/10/2023

https://telex.hu/eszkombajn/2023/10/06/kutya-elso-vilaghaboru-kegyelem-magany-haldoklo-nemet-katonak

Tízezer kutya dolgozott ilyen beosztásban, a sebesülteket is megkeresték a csatatéren, több ezer katona köszönheti nekik az életét.

23/08/2023

How much love and beauty in a single photograph....🥰🥰

23/08/2023

22/08/2023

"Can't take him to the beach for a walk because he bothers you and messes with the holiday... I'm not allowed to rent a house if I have a dog, and I can't take him.
However, I can take him to the rubble to find you after an earthquake, in the woods after you get lost in the mountains and you didn't have neither map nor gps; under snow because you made a detour not allowed off track; in the water because, despite the red flag, you have entered the sea and your life is in danger! And finally ....
He's just a dog, but he will find you.
And he will save you!!" Dogs are family ❤️❤️

21/08/2023

18/08/2023

18/08/2023

18/08/2023

Pindi❤️

18/08/2023

The photograph is captioned: ‘"Bruce", a well known messenger dog who is always working under shell fire in the line.'

Bruce is with his British handler on the Western Front in France, during WW1. This collie dog worked as a messenger in the front line under constant shell fire. A scrolled up message can be seen attached to the dog’s collar.

Dogs were also used in the trenches to kill rats and mice, thereby protecting food supplies. In addition to carrying out messenger duties and various other tasks, a regimental mascot also helped to maintain the troops’ morale.

Most of the armies involved in 'the Great War' had specially trained dogs in many of their regiments. These dogs performed a wide range of important tasks, including carrying messages, sentry duty, acting as decoys, ambulance duties and killing vermin.

Keeping a pet also helped to raise the morale of the soldiers, by adding an element of domestic home life to the trench.

I searched around online for any information if Bruce survived to live out his life in peace, but I couldn’t find anything, except a book titled ‘Bruce’, which is about a collie who was a courier dog during WW1, who saved a lot of soldiers. Not sure if it is the same dog though. .

Lest We Forget.

Photograph came from the National Library of Scotland.

18/08/2023

Luna❤️

17/08/2023

Zsömi❤️

16/08/2023

Topika💙

16/08/2023

Milu💙

14/08/2023

Elsa❤️

12/08/2023

‘RAGS – WAR HERO’ (Inscription on his monument).

Rags (c. 1916 – March, 1936) was a mixed breed terrier who became the U.S. 1st Infantry Division's dog mascot in WW1.

He was adopted into the 1st Division in July, 1918, in the Montmartre section of Paris, France. Rags remained its mascot until his death in Washington, D.C., in March, 1936.

He learned to run messages between the rear headquarters and the front lines, and provided early warning of incoming shells. Rags achieved great notoriety and celebrity war dog fame when he saved many lives in the Meuse-Argonne Campaign by delivering a vital message despite being bombed, gassed and partially blinded.

His adopted owner and handler, Private James Donovan, was seriously wounded and gassed, and returned to a military hospital in the United States.

Members of the 1st Division smuggled Rags by train and ship from Brest in France to Fort Sheridan in Chicago. He accompanied James Donovan, who was placed in the Fort Sheridan Base Hospital, which specialized in gas cases. Rags made his home at the base firehouse and was given a collar with a tag that identified him as 1st Division Rags.

In early 1919, James Donovan died and Rags became the post dog, living in the firehouse and eating at various mess halls that he carefully selected. He was watched over by a number of soldiers on the post.

Rags was adopted by the family of Major Raymond W. Hardenbergh in 1920, moving with them through several transfers, until in Fort Hamilton, New York, he was reunited with members of the 18th Infantry Regiment who had known him in France. Rags was presented with a number of medals and awards.

In addition to his message-carrying skills in France during WW1, Rags had a number of other unique behaviours.

When Rags was first in the front lines and came under shellfire, he simply imitated the men around him who would drop to the ground and hug it tightly. Before long, the soldiers observed Rags hugging the ground with his paws spread out before anyone heard the sound of an incoming round.

The men soon realized that Rags' acute and sensitive hearing was telling him when the shells were coming well before they could hear them. The doughboys learned to keep their eyes on Rags, and he became an early-warning system for artillery shell fire.

During a rest period behind the lines, James Donovan taught Rags a method of dog saluting that Rags would use for the rest of his military life. Instead of extending his paw out to shake hands, as most dogs were taught, Rags would raise his paw a bit higher and close to his head.

For many years afterward, Rags would appear at the flag pole at various military bases for the retreat ceremony. As the flag was lowered and the bugle played, Rags could be seen saluting with the assembled troops. He was observed doing this at Forts Sheridan and Hamilton.

Another lifelong activity was Rags' daily tour of whatever army base at which he was living. Early on, he would identify the mess halls with the best food and most hospitable staff. He would visit them each day for treats, and most had a special water bowl placed out for him.

Rags died in March 1936, aged 20 years and was buried with military honours, and a monument was erected at the Aspin Hill Memorial Park in Silver Spring, Maryland near the Hardenbergh home.[

Lest We Forget.

Photograph and information came from Wikipedia.

12/08/2023

12/08/2023

Ubi❤️

12/08/2023

12/08/2023

Zsabó❤️

11/08/2023

11/08/2023

Tootsie❤️

10/08/2023

Málna💙

08/08/2023

Suzy❤️

08/08/2023

Bogyó💙

08/08/2023

Rió💙