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Tuesday, August 12, 2008

True devotion

Dog guarded owner's body for weeks after death: German shepherd protected body for up to six weeks, investigators say

Cash was spotted by a rancher, thin and dehydrated, who investigated and found the body of his 25-year-old master, who died of an apparent suicide. It is thought the dog lived on small game and protected the body from coyotes. Cash has been reunited with the man's wife and 2-year-old daughter.

Dogs are amazing. YKWIA once told me of a dog who threw itself into electrified water, giving up its own life, before the owner could step into it. These sorts of stories are one of the reasons I prefer dogs to some people. They're much less fickle.

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