Doggy love—it defies all logic

It makes no sense.

It is not reasonable, rational, or practical to spend $3500 to bring a mixed breed mongrel home from Iraq.

And yet—what is the price of love?

To Marine Major Brian Dennis, his friends, family and even strangers who donated to make the trip possible for Nubs the dog, it was all worth it to unite them. After being apart for a month, Nubs’ doggy kisses and whimpers left no doubt that he remembered Dennis as they reunited in San Diego last week.

Nubs is a two-year-old German Shepherd-Border Collie mix who had been running wild along an Iraqi border. When he was a puppy, an Iraqi sliced off most of his ears to make him more tough looking. Hence the name “Nubs.”

The bond between Dennis and Nubs grew so strong that when Dennis’ unit moved camp 70 miles away, Nubs somehow tracked him to the new location two days later.

“Once he found us there, it seemed like this was supposed to have happened,” Dennis said. “After he walked all that distance, it seemed like he was supposed to end up in San Diego.”

Because it was against the rules to keep the dogs in camp, friends jumped in to raise the funds to bring Nubs to San Diego. Nubs arrived a month before Dennis got back from a seven month tour.

Among those returning with Dennis was a group of Marines who rescued seven other puppies in Iraq and were reunited with their dogs at the humane society.

So while we might agree that none of these canine crushes would stand the scrutiny of common sense, we might also agree that some things in life should not be ruled strictly by logic.

And isn’t it good that we have dogs to remind us of this?

The story

Comments

[jackie]

i know it's a lot of money..but compared to what we've spent on the war...to rescue a few dogs..it's ok with me..

[schnoodlepooh]

Yes, isn't it good that dogs can remind us of a lot of the truly important things in life, like love and happiness and the value of friendship.

[Jimmy]

Oh, that's very logical to me! Logical... Reasonable...agreed!

[Coll]

Unconditional love.. priceless. I am so happy for these dogs. Bless the kind souls that allowed this to happen.

[teetotaled]

I love stories like this! Love knows no bounds....

[Daggie and Gabe]

That is my kind of HERO

[Kathy Yates]

It's well worth 3500.00. When you save a dog, they never forget. What a wonderful story and what a wonderful example of our armed forces.

[Chandira]

My life runs on that kind of logic. I can relate. He walked 70 miles to find him again?? HOW do they DO that???? I LOVE those stories.. Dogs are truly amazing.. as if we didn't know.