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**dance_with_the_devil** · 24-02-2010, 11:29

Bonios all round..
Well done that mutt..;)

**StickyToffeePudding** · 24-02-2010, 11:36

Originally Posted by Ursus.Maritimus

Originally Posted by doonhamer

he was on brekkie tv this morning! just me or did his handler have a really nig looking beret?

I saw that and was wondering that too - perhaps issued with a new one "'cos he was going on telly"?

That's what happens when you shrink a Du Bora's 'Victor' small crown beret!

More to the point SAA Inst crossed rifles on rank slides? Regulation, 'ally' or 'naff'?

**Gundulph** · 24-02-2010, 11:42

Top Man err I mean 'Top Dog' :D

Great to see a Dickin Medal being awarded, here is the Link for those not in the know:

http://www.pdsa.org.uk/about-us/media-pr-centre/news

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dickin_Medal

**Dogwalker** · 24-02-2010, 15:31

Well done that dog! And for that well done all the military dogs and their handlers serving on ops. Shame its the BBC reporting it 1st and nothing on the MOD website! Hope he enjoys his retirement he has certainly earned it!

**spider_mann** · 24-02-2010, 16:15

Our Canine companion has really surpassed himself!

Somebody by that Dog a bone, and a large one at that!

**lsquared** · 24-02-2010, 16:37

Top Dog! Man's best friend.

**codbutt** · 24-02-2010, 16:43

Barking!

**bovvy** · 24-02-2010, 17:01

Saw Treo and his soldier on TV. I love these stories. I was wondering how Treo might feel being awarded with an honour that had once (only once) been awarded to a cat!!!!!!

However, it does seem to have been a pretty brave damned cat:

1949: Simon – the ship's cat on HMS Amethyst during the Yangtze Incident, noted for surviving injuries from a cannon shell, raising morale and killing off a rat infestation during the incident, by doing this duty despite being wounded. He was raised to the fanciful rank of "Able Seacat" and awarded a campaign medal. The medal was sold by the Royal Navy and is now a valuable collectors item, partly because Simon has been the only cat to win the medal.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dickin_Medal

**263A** · 24-02-2010, 17:14

Lucky dog,it wasn't trained by that thick dog killing copper!

**Cuddles** · 24-02-2010, 18:25

Or that it visited an office and shot its' load on the carpet! You win the dickin medal, survive mutliple contacts and detect IEDs to save countless lives but you jizz one packet on the Axminster and its...