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2004-02-20

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Posted by Dar 2004-02-20 3:36:32 PM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 you can just see some little pasty faced bureaucrat saying no because it requires 10 extra minutes of his time to fill out a form.

They act like they are talking about thousands of dogs. What a crock. Just give the dogs to smugglers - it would be far simpler than attempting to deal with bitter, lazy, bureaucrats.

Posted by B 2004-2-20 3:49:30 PM|| 2004-2-20 3:49:30 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Yes indeed,.... it's always enforced. Don't feed the kids either, don't look at the women, no smiling, no dancing, no drinking it just ain't right.

Posted by Cpl. Fife 2004-2-20 5:17:28 PM|| 2004-2-20 5:17:28 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 I have forwarded this to my Congressman asking him for help on the part of our military. He's a lefty, but it may help.

Maybe enough letters to Congress might help these guys out. Lord knows we owe them enough.

Posted by Michael 2004-2-20 5:25:09 PM|| 2004-2-20 5:25:09 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Mebbe it's because the dogs have the innate good sense and judgement to bite anyone over the rank of Major...

Posted by .com 2004-2-20 7:11:49 PM|| 2004-2-20 7:11:49 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 This is a hard one. I know just how much a dog can mean to people under stress ... I don't breed often, maybe 1 litter of 4-5 puppies a year or year and a half, mainly for my own show / hunting / agility program and a few that go to other show homes, a few to pet homes, but my own life would be a lot emptier without the beasts that take up the couch and the chair and the best places in front of the fireplace. When you're 18 or 20 or 25 and in a strange and sometimes dangerous place, 4 furry feet and a cold nose can mean a lot.

OTOH, I sympathize with the brass who have enough on their hands with the massive turnover of units.

Posted by breeder/fancier ex mil wife 2004-2-20 8:10:39 PM|| 2004-2-20 8:10:39 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 nice post ex mil wife - but I don't sympathise one bit. How hard is it to look the other way when a soldier in your unit brings a dog you are already very familiar with onto the plane. It should just be a command decision of good idea or bad. The only reason the CO's don't do it is because some jerk somewhere is making sure that if the CO does it, he gets in trouble.

Don't want any of that positve PR coming back to your local community - the friendly GI's who befriend puppies. If I were to guess - that's the underlying bitterness that motivates the real people who prevent this from happening.

Posted by B 2004-2-21 9:31:55 AM|| 2004-2-21 9:31:55 AM|| Front Page Top

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