On our Saturday morning walk, Choppy and I headed to see a local memorial for all of the K9s who aid our local police officers as they go about their duties. It isn’t a huge memorial, but it is so nice that our community has something to commemorate the work these pups put in to help keep us safe.
Here’s an article from when it was dedicated, if you’re interested in learning more about the memorial.
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Nice article.
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Aw, how lovely that the whole community pitched in for the memorial. Lovely photo.
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It’s a dog-friendly little city – we have a huge dog park, and lots of other great places to walk dogs. I can’t complain!
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I love that and I love your community for remembering the canines that serve.
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It is great that people around here appreciate the four-legged members of the force.
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It is nice of you to go to this memorial for dogs. Regardless, they risk lives for our safety. Bless your kind heart & Choppy’s too.
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I had passed it a lot before, but this was the first time we walked there and checked it out. I’m so glad we did.
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It’s great they have a memorial for the service dogs and lovely to see Choppy pose by it. Reminds me of your older posts, when you and Choppy travelled all over the country – when I first started following you a few years ago! 🙂
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Ah, the old days! Now, I just have to come up with money to travel like that again…I’m going to work on doing more travel posts, even if the travels don’t take us too far from home.
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Nice! I look forward to seeing them 🙂
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That is really beautiful and so special Sarah. What an amazing article.
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I’m so glad I found the article to go with this – the memorial alone was nice, but it’s even better to hear about how it came about.
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That’s awesome. God bless our service dogs. Beautiful picture of Choppy, too!
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Thanks!
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Too often we forget our K9 cops who serve. Nice memorial. ❤︎
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And a very touching video and article! Thanks for sharing.
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It’s right on the main street through downtown, so everyone gets to see that these officers are remembered here.
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So cool and so touching.
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A thoughtful tribute! They deserve it for what they have done and contributed to the humans. And, hey, looks like Choppy agrees too 😉
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She did seem to agree!
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Very nice
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It really is – I’m so glad we have it here.
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Nice that there is a memorial to these most faithful of ‘officers.’
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It is – and it’s right across the street from the library, so I can easily visit it on my library trips!
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What a lovely way to remember all those brave dogs that have helped so many people! I’m always amazed by stories told about them.
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I like that this monument has the specific names of the dogs – it makes it more personal to remember each one.
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Gorgeous statue! We have one near us that honors the dogs who worked over at the 9/11 site. They are special doggies.
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I’m glad there’s a memorial to those dogs – they went through a lot.
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Reblogged this on Die Erste Eslarner Zeitung – Aus und über Eslarn, sowie die bayerisch-tschechische Region!.
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Thank you for another reblog!
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Its really nice to remember the useful work of the police dogs. Seems Choppy agrees.
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It really is a nice thing to do – I’m so glad we have this place to visit. And Choppy definitely agrees!
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The dog on the memorial looks like Jerry Lee, the four-legged star of the movie “K-9”. I love that movie! 🙂
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It does!
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What a stunning statue! We’ve got a similar one nearby that pays tribute to the dogs that worked at the 9/11 site. Those dogs hold a special place in our hearts.
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