elgatoloco
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Good Baja dog for protection?
What do you think? I want one for a baja surf buddy.
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/05/04/war_dog?pag...
MAGA
marooons Are Governing America
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dtbushpilot
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Pretty cool.....
"Life is tough".....It's even tougher if you're stupid.....
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AmoPescar
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VERY interesting Gato Loco!! Thanks for sharing with us.
Amazing how smart they are and the many tasks and uses they can trained to perform!
Miguelamo   
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Woooosh
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I loved that. Had no idea they air drop with their dogs. 30,000 feet though? Geesh. The genetically modified/engineered breed they created to
sniff explosive residue in the air was interesting.
\"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing\"
1961- JFK to Canadian parliament (Edmund Burke)
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mtgoat666
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| Quote: | Originally posted by AmoPescar
VERY interesting Gato Loco!! Thanks for sharing with us.
Amazing how smart they are and the many tasks and uses they can trained to perform!
Miguelamo |
That famous Russian dog, Laika, even flew a rocket into space and became the first living thing to orbit earth!
Can american dogs fly rockets????
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bajacalifornian
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So, what kind of dog?? Russian you say . . .
American by birth, Mexican by choice.
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bajaguy
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mtgoat666
[That famous Russian dog, Laika, even flew a rocket into space and became the first living thing to orbit earth!
Can american dogs fly rockets???? |
The dogs don't fly, they are just along for the ride.....
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Gypsy Jan
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Some Random Facts About American Military Working Dogs
The dogs that you see at the border, working with Homeland Security are left in a kennel at the end of the day. The officers do not take them home.
But, it is exactly the opposite for the ATF. The dogs go home with them and are part of the family. They are valued as much for for socialization
and friendliness to the public as for their drug and explosives sniffing ability. I saw a recent interview with the head of the ATF dog training
program and he started to tear up when he described the "eagerness-to-work" and enthusiasm of his four-legged partner.
This interview was filmed during a regular training exercise for the ATF. The guy that was elected to be the "rabbit" was fit and fearless, a real
confident jock. He ran all out and was taken down by the dog in less that three seconds with a bite to the upper thigh (he was wearing a protective
suit, no injuries).
After the chase, when he was interviewed, you could see the shock and confusion in his eyes. He said to the camera, "If they tell you not to run,
don't."
[Edited on 5-6-2011 by Gypsy Jan]
[Edited on 5-7-2011 by Gypsy Jan]
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow mindedness.”
—Mark Twain
\"La vida es dura, el corazon es puro, y cantamos hasta la madrugada.” (Life is hard, the heart is pure and we sing until dawn.)
—Kirsty MacColl, Mambo de la Luna
\"Alea iacta est.\"
—Julius Caesar
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Gypsy Jan
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The Dog the Seals Took With Them
To Pakistan is a female German Shepherd.
She flew back with the team and got a Prime Rib dinner that night.
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow mindedness.”
—Mark Twain
\"La vida es dura, el corazon es puro, y cantamos hasta la madrugada.” (Life is hard, the heart is pure and we sing until dawn.)
—Kirsty MacColl, Mambo de la Luna
\"Alea iacta est.\"
—Julius Caesar
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805gregg
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What you need is an Australian cattle dog, we had one when we camped out under a palapa at zippers in SJC in 1973, we got good surf and no one robbed
our camp, he even bite one poor girl, but that just added to his reputation as a bad ass.
[Edited on 5-13-2011 by 805gregg]
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bajaguy
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Outstanding dog for protection
Get yourself a Rhodesian Ridgeback
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodesian_Ridgeback
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Gypsy Jan
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Bob Guccione, the Late Founder of Penthouse Magazine
Was interviewed years ago by, I think, Vanity Fair Magazine, in his lavish mansion in the Hudson Valley in New York (this was before his bankruptcy).
The article started with a photo, shot from overhead, of him sitting on a chair on a huge Persian carpet and surrounded by five Rhodesian Ridgebacks
lying on their sides in a circle all around him, facing out.
[Edited on 5-13-2011 by Gypsy Jan]
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow mindedness.”
—Mark Twain
\"La vida es dura, el corazon es puro, y cantamos hasta la madrugada.” (Life is hard, the heart is pure and we sing until dawn.)
—Kirsty MacColl, Mambo de la Luna
\"Alea iacta est.\"
—Julius Caesar
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walters886
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Little Curly: The Rest of the Story
Sadly, for dog lovers, Bajaguy is right... (dog lovers read no further)
http://www.silverdalen.se/stamps/dogs/library/library_space_...
"Kudryavka"
Drifting on Conception Bay that night
Diamonds filled the sky
I saw a flash... then another
Fly Little Curly, FLY!
*sniff*
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chippy
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I traveled all over Baja with 2 different Akitas for decades. I never lost a thing to thieves. I also never got hassled by any branch of the govment.
They were very smart to respect those 120 lb. enforcers.
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