Comments on: 8 Mysterious Tales of Traveling Dogs

By: Louise - Teaching Puppies

Louise - Teaching Puppies — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:18:46 +0000

Wow these stories are great. Its crazy what can happen. Hopefully though my dog won’t get skunked like the last story eh! Mind you being in the UK i should be okay i think. Great blog :D My blog is more training based but if i had tales like this they would be on there!

By: Lisa

Lisa — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:50:35 +0000

I have a very special, long-traveling dog too! She was a stray living on the streets of Beirut when she was rescued by a Lebanese animal sanctuary. I read her story online and adopted her! She’s the greatest dog ever! I don’t know how many frequent flier miles she has accumulated going from Lebanon to London to Utah and then finally to Florida. If you want a heartwarming story, you can read about this amazing dog by doing a Google search on “A Cadre for Claudine”.

By: 50C

50C — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:34:13 +0000

Not to steal any thunder from Maj Dennis, but I was on one of the fellow teams that was deployed at the same time. 2 Marines from my team managed to get 7 dogs home to SoCal, through alot of redtape and hookups through local contractors operating in the area. Very tough to do as the current order at the time was for the Marines NOT to get attached to the stray dogs and take them in. Kudo’s to him, and my teammates. The dogs would have had a very rough life otherwise.

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:50:18 +0000

“But the major received orders to get rid of the dog within four days or he would be shot.”

Oh man – Major Dennis would be SHOT if he didn’t get rid of the dog?!?!?!?

Gotta love pronouns …

By: BioloBri

BioloBri — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:33:49 +0000

@ Chris – Not sure if you were being facetious or not but I believe you are referring to the 1993 movie “Homeward Bound” a remake of a 1963 Disney movie based on the novel “The Incredible Journey” by Sheila Burnford. The story is not based on any factual account, though the novel was written in a more realistic manner than the movie, which granted the animals the ability to speak. Shadow, Chance, and Sassy were voiced by Don Ameche, Michael J. Fox, and Sally Field, respectively.

PS: Any chance reCAPTCHA might be translating mental_floss articles?? I got my new issue in the mail yesterday and read the scatterbrained section about spices. My reCAPTCHA is McCormick ribbing! Coincidence?

By: Hyacinth

Hyacinth — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:04:03 +0000

Love these stories!

By: Jamie

Jamie — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:54:07 +0000

I donated money to a cause to bring a dog from Afghanistan to the United States. I just received an update that the dog has successfully made it to the US, passed quarantine, and has been spayed. She’s waiting for her soldier to come home!

By: ken

ken — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:22:33 +0000

The trouble with these animals is that they never tell you where they’ve been or what they’ve been doing. My mom’s cat disappeared for 6 months in Oakland, CA, but did he ever say what he was up to? Nooo.

By: Adele

Adele — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:46:17 +0000

I am in love with Major Dennis. Sounds like something I have and would do. I’m a sucker for animals.

By: Diana

Diana — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:31:45 +0000

@ Nick: There are a few studies linking microchips with an increase in tumor rates – one 2001 study showed that 1% of lab rats developed tumors around their microchips. Everything in life is a tradeoff – I am willing to take the very small risk of my dog developing a tumor around his microchip against the much higher chance that he will be euthanized in a pound if he slips his collar and escapes.