{"id":12868,"date":"2016-11-09T00:30:46","date_gmt":"2016-11-09T05:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yourdesignerdogblog.com\/?p=12868"},"modified":"2016-11-09T00:27:10","modified_gmt":"2016-11-09T05:27:10","slug":"veterans-day-us-war-dog-memorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.yourdesignerdogblog.com\/2016\/11\/09\/veterans-day-us-war-dog-memorial\/","title":{"rendered":"Veteran&#8217;s Day at the US War Dog Memorial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.yourdesignerdogblog.com\/sadiewardog4-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-12589\" src=\"http:\/\/www.yourdesignerdogblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/sadiewardog4-1-868x1024.jpg\" alt=\"dogs, designer dogs, Yorkipoo, yorkie poo, memorial, statue, war dogs\" width=\"640\" height=\"755\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.yourdesignerdogblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/sadiewardog4-1-868x1024.jpg 868w, http:\/\/www.yourdesignerdogblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/sadiewardog4-1-424x500.jpg 424w, http:\/\/www.yourdesignerdogblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/sadiewardog4-1-768x906.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.yourdesignerdogblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/sadiewardog4-1-600x708.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.yourdesignerdogblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/sadiewardog4-1-700x825.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This Veteran&#8217;s Day\u00a0Sadie and I are making sure to honor all of the brave canine veterans who give their lives\u00a0to serve and protect this country, just like all of the human veterans out there. These photos of Sadie were taken at the only official memorial to\u00a0military dogs in the continental US. (There is also a US War Dog Memorial on the island of Guam.) While it doesn&#8217;t have the names of the fallen like some of the human memorials, I think this statue wonderfully portrays the grace of service and the pride that dogs feel in a job well done.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.yourdesignerdogblog.com\/sadiewardog3-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-12590\" src=\"http:\/\/www.yourdesignerdogblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/sadiewardog3-1-673x1024.jpg\" alt=\"dogs, designer dogs, Yorkipoo, yorkie poo, memorial, statue, war dogs\" width=\"640\" height=\"974\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.yourdesignerdogblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/sadiewardog3-1-673x1024.jpg 673w, http:\/\/www.yourdesignerdogblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/sadiewardog3-1-328x500.jpg 328w, http:\/\/www.yourdesignerdogblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/sadiewardog3-1-768x1169.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.yourdesignerdogblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/sadiewardog3-1-600x914.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.yourdesignerdogblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/sadiewardog3-1-700x1066.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.yourdesignerdogblog.com\/sadiewardog1\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-12557\" src=\"http:\/\/www.yourdesignerdogblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/sadiewardog1-646x1024.jpg\" alt=\"dogs, designer dogs, Yorkipoo, yorkie poo, memorial, statue, war dogs\" width=\"640\" height=\"1014\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.yourdesignerdogblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/sadiewardog1-646x1024.jpg 646w, http:\/\/www.yourdesignerdogblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/sadiewardog1-315x500.jpg 315w, http:\/\/www.yourdesignerdogblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/sadiewardog1-768x1217.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.yourdesignerdogblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/sadiewardog1-600x951.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.yourdesignerdogblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/sadiewardog1-700x1109.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.yourdesignerdogblog.com\/sadiewardog2-5\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-12569\" src=\"http:\/\/www.yourdesignerdogblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/sadiewardog2-4-760x1024.jpg\" alt=\"dogs, designer dogs, Yorkipoo, yorkie poo, memorial, statue, war dogs\" width=\"640\" height=\"862\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.yourdesignerdogblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/sadiewardog2-4-760x1024.jpg 760w, http:\/\/www.yourdesignerdogblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/sadiewardog2-4-371x500.jpg 371w, http:\/\/www.yourdesignerdogblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/sadiewardog2-4-768x1035.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.yourdesignerdogblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/sadiewardog2-4-600x809.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.yourdesignerdogblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/sadiewardog2-4-700x944.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThis post is part of the <a href=\"http:\/\/blogpaws.com\" target='_blank' >BlogPaws<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yourdesignerdogblog.com\/category\/wordless-wednesday-2\/\" target='_blank' >Wordless<\/a> Wednesday blog hop.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2061\" src=\"http:\/\/www.yourdesignerdogblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/BP_Wordless_wed_Hop_Logo_2014.jpg\" alt=\"BP_Wordless_wed_Hop_Logo_2014\" width=\"292\" height=\"253\" \/><!-- start LinkyTools script --><script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkytools.com\/thumbnail_linky_include.aspx?id=274248\" type=\"text\/javascript\" ><\/script><!-- end LinkyTools script --><br \/>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; This Veteran&#8217;s Day\u00a0Sadie and I are making sure to honor all of the brave canine veterans who give their lives\u00a0to serve and protect this country, just like all of the human veterans out there. These photos of Sadie were taken at the only official memorial to\u00a0military dogs in the continental US. 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