A soldier and his dog


	A soldier and his dog

ratilfar

2-25-2008 10:26 AM

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2-25-2008 1:17 PM

alanocu

crying my eyes out reading this....

2-25-2008 1:50 PM

ratilfar

A compelling story to be sure.

2-25-2008 5:35 PM

righthand

I say giant rats being trained in mine clearing on TV recently from Africa. BBC1 Tropic of Capricorn.

2-25-2008 5:37 PM

ratilfar

Yeah, I saw that one too sometime back, but dogs are much better workers overall, especially German Shepperds. A great breed.

2-25-2008 11:29 PM

Deepti

pop for German Shepherds

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