“NUBS”…SOUNDS LIKE A FUNNY NAME, DOESN’T IT?? I HEARD ABOUT THIS DOG THIS MORNING (2/22/08) ON A MPLS. NEWS STATION…YOU ALL WILL BE AWESTRUCK WHEN YOU HEAR ABOUT HIM…..
APPARENTLY ONE OF OUR SOLDIERS IN IRAQ DISCOVERED A DOG, WHICH LOOKED TO BE AN OFF WHITE / TAN GERMAN SHEPHERD, IN SOME CITY OUR TROOPS WERE OCCUPYING. (THE STORY DID NOT MENTION IF HE WAS ONE OF OUR MILITARY DOGS.)THE DOG HAD BEEN TORTURED AND LEFT TO SUFFER AND DIE. HE HAD BEEN STABBED IN HIS STOMACH WITH A SCREWDRIVER, AND BOTH OF HIS EARS HAD BEEN CUT OFF, DOWN TO ABOUT ONE INCH LONG…TO WHERE THE CARTLIDGE BEGINS.
THE SOLDIER TOOK THE POOR DOG, NURSED HIM BACK TO HEALTH, AND BECAUSE OF HIS LITTLE EARS, HE LOVINGLY NAMED HIM “NUBS” .

WHEN THE TROOPS HAD TO MOVE ON TO ANOTHER AREA IN IRAQ, THE SOLDIER WAS FORCED TO LEAVE “NUBS” BEHIND. (THE NEWS STORY DIDN’T MENTION WHO “NUBS” WAS LEFT WITH.) THE TROOPS WERE SENT MORE THAN 70 MILES AWAY, BUT “NUBS” TOOK OFF , THROUGH WAR-TORN AREAS AND DESERT LANDS, AND TRACKED DOWN HIS LIFE-SAVING NEW MASTER !!
IT’S TRUE!!! “NUBS” TRACKED HIM DOWN, MORE THAN 70 MILES, AND SHOWED UP TO WHERE THE TROOPS HAD BEEN RELOCATED !!!
(I HAD TO USE THREE TISSUES WHEN I HEARD THIS!!)

THE SOLDIER WAS ABLE TO ARRANGE TO HAVE “NUBS” FLOWN BACK TO THE UNITED STATES, AND YESTERDAY HE ARRIVED AT THE MPLS/ST. PAUL AIRPORT IN A HUGE WIRE CAGE!! A FRIEND OF THE SOLDIER WILL CARE FOR HIM UNTIL HIS NEW MASTER COMES HOME NEXT MONTH, IN MARCH! THE NEWS CREW WAS AT THE AIRPORT, AND REALLY GOT SOME GREAT LIVE FOOTAGE OF THIS INCREDIBLE DOG, AND THE CLOSEUPS OF HIS FACE AND BIG BROWN EYES WERE HEART-WRENCHING. HE WAS CALM, BUT SEEMED A BIT CONFUSED.

PLEASE PRAY WITH ALL YOUR HEARTS AND SOULS THAT THIS SOLDIER ARRIVES SAFELY HOME NEXT MONTH SO THAT THEY CAN BE REUNITED AND LIVE TOGETHER THE REST OF THEIR LIVES!!

BY THE WAY, YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO FIND THE STORY AT THE TV STATION’S WEB SITE. I DO NOT HAVE IT, HOWEVER THE STATION IS “KMSP FOX CHANNEL 9 “, SO GIVE IT A TRY IF YOU CAN….YOU SHOULD SEE A PICTURE OF “NUBS”.

Christine from MN