Pawsitive Results (2025)

15/10/2025

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13/10/2025

In the heart of Buenos Aires, inside the old frigate Presidente Sarmiento, a secret is kept — one that doesn’t beat with clocks or cannons, but with the memory of a friend who never wanted to leave: Lampazo, the sailor dog.

He wasn’t born to be a hero, nor to have a place in a museum. He was a Newfoundland, with deep eyes and a thick coat, who one day simply climbed aboard the ship without asking permission, as if he had found his destiny.
They named him “Lampazo,” like the brush used to scrub the deck, perhaps because of his shaggy tail that swept the floor as he proudly trotted among the men. But in truth, he wasn’t a tool: he was company, he was comfort, he was laughter in the middle of the storms.

One day, the sea roared with fury and a sailor fell overboard. There was no hesitation. Lampazo leapt after him, facing waves that would have broken any man. He swam with the strength of a silent warrior and held the castaway until he was rescued. From that moment on, no one ever called him just a “dog” again: he was comrade, brother, guardian of the ship.

The years passed, and like every living being, Lampazo also came to know eternal rest. But the sailors couldn’t bring themselves to bid him farewell by casting him into the sea, because how could they throw into oblivion the one who had saved lives, the one who had shown them the meaning of loyalty? They embalmed him and left him there, on the frigate, so he would never abandon his post.

Today, when someone visits the museum, they find him. Behind a glass, his calm gaze still lingers, as if he were still watching over his companions. Children look at him with tenderness, veterans leave him flowers, and some whisper into the ears of their grandchildren:
—That wasn’t just any dog. That was a sailor.

And then, among old wood, silent cannons, and flags worn by time, Lampazo’s presence reminds us that true greatness doesn’t always wear a uniform, nor does it speak with words. Sometimes, it simply wags in a tail, beats in a furry heart, and becomes legend…

Because Lampazo never really left. He’s still there.
The purest loyalty can be found in the soul of a dog.