Sometimes we get my Mouse Person and just hop around and see what interesting stuff we can find.    And so we found out about Stubby, a PitBull extra ordinary from 1918.      Since we are still mad about Mr. Michael Vick and his awfulness, I thought this would be a good day to tell you about Stubby.
                                      
                                        


America's first war dog, Stubby, served for 18 months and participated in seventeen battles on the Western Front. In February of 1918 he saved his regiment from surprise mustard gas attacks. This pit bull terrier dog was the most decorated war dog of World War I and the only dog to be promoted to sergeant through combat.

He also located and comforted wounded, carried messages under fire and even once caught a German spy by the seat of his pants after hearing a noise coming from a small patch of brush. He went to investigate and found a German spy. Stubby put his ears back and began to bark. The German began to run and Stubby took off after him, biting the soldier on his legs causing him to trip and fall. Then he attacked the soldier's arms and finally bit and held onto his rear end. By this time some of the Allied soldiers had come to see what all the noise was. When they saw that the dog had captured a spy they cheered. He became the first dog to be given rank in the U.S. Armed Forces.

After the war, Stubby became Georgetown University's mascot when his owner, Robert Conroy was headed to law school and took the dog along. Old age finally caught up with the small warrior on April 4th, 1926, as he took ill and died in Conroy's arms.



See what I mean about us PitBulls?     Of course, I don't really condone biting someone in the seat of the pants, but after all, it was certainly for a good cause.   Please be sure to click on the STUBBY link and you can read the entire story of my new hero.

And here is the wonderful link to 10 Most Fascinating Dogs  so you can read ALL of the stories about ALL ten of these great dogs and what they did.   The stories are pretty awe-inspiring   (that's a great word, Mom just taught me)  and I'm betting that all of my friends will be happy to get their own Mice People to take them for a cyberspace ride.

Love and LIcks,

Bob,
Boy Bloginator ExtraOrdinary
........ not brave like Stubby
.................. but still wonderful