7 Dogs That Accomplished More Than We Ever Will

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#7.Sergeant Stubby
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Stubby, a terrier mix, was found on the Yale campus in 1917 and smuggled aboard the USS Minnesota by his owner, John Robert Conroy, to fight in WWI, making Stubby the only thing from Yale to ever contribute anything to society.
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He was a hero:
One, he was able to warn his unit of incoming artillery attacks thanks to his dog-hearing, and after being hit by a chlorine attack he became very sensitive to the smell of gas. So much so that he could accurately detect it in the air before it hit lethal dosage, barking like a maniac until the soldiers put their masks on.

Stubby also managed to save many people from "no-mans land," the open stretches of land between trenches, by listening for people shouting in English and then either leading medics to the wounded or guiding the wounded back to their trench. If they were speaking German he would presumably stab them with a bayonet he had clenched in his jaws.

#6.Togo the Siberian Husky
In 1925, a huge outbreak of diphtheria erupted in remote Alaska, and since there weren't exactly a whole lot of roads available, the only way to deliver medicine was by dog sled. Togo was made the leader of a trip to cross the frozen tundra of Alaska to deliver the antitoxin, braving -35 (Celsius) degree weather with a -65 (Celsius) degree wind chill and a terrible selection of satellite radio stations. And he did it across 84 miles in a single day.

#5.Smoky the Yorkshire Terrier
Smoky was a Yorkshire Terrier that was found in an abandoned foxhole in New Guinea in 1944 by American soldiers, who made the logical choice of taking him with them because fuck it, dogs are cute. Because Smoky was not an "official" war dog, the Army would not feed him or even give him medical aid if he got shot, possibly due to fact that Smoky was a loose cannon and was making the department look bad. So his owner shared his rations and kept Smoky in his tent, which worked out for the owner's benefit. While on a transport ship, Smoky guided his owner to cover after hearing the whistle of incoming artillery shells over the booming of the ship's cannons.

#4.Saint Guinefort
Guinefort was a greyhound owned by a French knight in the 13th century and, just to be clear, is an actual saint, despite the Church's insistence that dogs have no souls.

#3.Barry the Saint Bernard
Barry managed to save more than 40 people's lives in the snow, with no equipment, thumbs or even brandy (the barrel of alcohol carried by St. Bernards is a myth). And in case by "saving lives" you think we mean "he smelled trapped people and barked at them," check this out:

Probably his most spectacular rescue was a small child that got stuck on an icy ledge under layers of snow. Barry, unencumbered by the weight of his massive balls, managed to climb the ledge and started licking the boys face to keep him warm until the monks from the monastery could get to him. Once more, the humans in the story failed. The monks couldn't reach the boy, making death all but a certainty.

But Barry wouldn't give up. He kept desperately trying to revive the boy until miraculously, he woke up and clung to Barry's neck. The dog then carried him to safety. Most of us would have given up on our own child at that point and just gone home to make another one.

#2.Chips the German Shepherd-Collie-Husky Mix
He was shipped off to fight the Axis in North Africa, Sicily, Italy, France and Germany as a sentry dog, which is basically a guard dog that kills Nazis (i.e., the best kind of guard dog).

During the invasion of Sicily, Chips and Pvt. John Rowell, his handler, were pinned down on a beach by machine gun fire. Chips managed to free himself from Rowell, jumped into the bunker the Italians were firing from and attacked them. The dog won. The Italians were forced to surrender to the Americans rather than have their throats torn out.

#1.Endal the Labrador Retriever
Endal was a British Labrador Retriever that worked as a service dog helping a Gulf War veteran named Allen Parton, who had very serious head injuries that made him unable to create new memories, like Guy Pierce in Memento.

Since the severely brain damaged and wheelchair-bound Parton could do virtually nothing for himself, Endal had to learn a lot of things that, quite frankly, dogs have no business doing.

He could get stuff from grocery store shelves, he learned Parton's PIN number and could use the ATM machine, he was able to operate the washing machine, fetched numerous different household items based on specific gestures and defeated Contra III all the way through without stopping. He could also use the elevator, open train doors and, like most dogs, get the paper.

In case that wasn't awesome enough, he managed to make national headlines in 2001 when Allen Parton was hit by a car and thrown from his wheelchair. Endal pulled him to safety and put him into the recovery position, ready for the paramedics. Endal then ran back into the street to get Parton's cell phone...

OK, he wasn't able to call for help on the phone (but man, can you imagine if he had?!?) but he did find a blanket to cover Parton with, and then ran into a nearby hotel, barking until someone figured out what was going on and called for an ambulance.

http://www.cracked.com/article/133_7-dogs-that-accomplished-more-than-we-ever-will/

I feel like a slacker.

There are great pictures and much more info at the site about these "dogs."

[AllentownJake]

1. "making Stubby the only thing from Yale to ever contribute anything to society."

:rofl:

[Are_grits_groceries]

2. Cracked has the best snark. nt

[Biker13]

3. Gotta Love 'Em...

Slightly modified from a book I read sometime ago, I sometimes look at Taarna, my Lab, and think "If she is not God's word, then God never spoke".

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[armyowalgreens]

4. I love cracked.

[tazkcmo]

5. Now my dog is depressed...

My Lab, Hank, after reading me this story, sulked over to the couch and has been watching the Lifetime Channel since. Thanks. Thanks a lot.

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[Are_grits_groceries]

6. "Meh Kitteh" said that if she had to she

would perform heroic actions if she wasn't napping.

[Shell Beau]

8. I have a dog named Hank too!

And my Hank is a total slacker.

[Are_grits_groceries]

9. "Delta Kitten" isn't a slacker!! nt

[Mabus]

7. I love dog stories

K&R

[grantcart]

10. They had to make him a saint after they killed him after he saved their baby.