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Dogs Greet Soldiers Returning Home (VIDEO)

First Posted: 3/18/10   Updated: 5/25/11

Veterans' Day has passed, but that doesn't mean we can't still enjoy these amazing videos of soldiers being greeted by their dogs from Mental Floss. Vote for your favorite!

 
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Veterans' Day has passed, but that doesn't mean we can't still enjoy these amazing videos of soldiers being greeted by their dogs from Mental Floss. Vote for your favorite! Get HuffPost Politics On...
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PatA
Pink is a 4 letter word
12:16 PM on 11/27/2009
I am glad to see that MentalFlos­s has added more clips. I've watched these twice and each time, I cry.
I cry because the soldiers are being reunited with their pets and I cry because I don't think that we should be occupying either country right now...Iraq and Afghanista­n.
Makes me sick to think about the soldiers that came home via Dover and weren't reunited with family and pets.
08:57 PM on 11/15/2009
I couldn't believe it when i came across this page. It's idea and collection of content are lifted directly from mentalflos­s.com, published a few days ago:

http://www­.mentalflo­ss.com/blo­gs/archive­s/40324

I stumbled upon it and have sent the link to several people and groups and wasn't quite so astonished to find it here as I was by the fact that you go out of your way to make it seem like you've compiled these videos (by saying "send us more" you directly imply these videos have been sent to you.)

Granted, it is a collection of youtube videos (and heart-warm­ing ones at that) and mentalflos­s has no claim to them. But you'd think an online publicatio­n with aspiration­s as big as HP's are would at least have the ethical standards to throw a link out to where your page came from, that's pretty standard etiquette - providing a "via: " link.

The worst thing is that you even copied the exact order of videos from mentalflos­s.com. To be fair, the author of the mentalflos­s.com page doesn't claim to have compiled the videos, and would be guilty of the same ethical breach as you are by not linking to the compiler. However, while he could possibly be guilty of that, you DEFINITELY are, as the mentalflos­s.com page was dated Nov. 10.

And to the author - don't bother moderating my comment, I'm cc'ing it to HP, I'm a stickler for ethics in journalism­.
05:30 PM on 11/15/2009
I hate hyper dogs.
02:21 PM on 11/18/2009
i hate people who hate hyper dogs
11:12 PM on 11/14/2009
the first one is the best, sitting in his lap, but all the 'daddy' references weird me out...
03:08 PM on 11/15/2009
Lots of folks refer to their dogs like children. it's not a big deal.
11:23 PM on 11/16/2009
that doesn't make it any less weird to me... I get the emotional attachment­, one of the family. Had a dog half of my life, loved her to pieces - never ever refered to her as my child, or to myself as her mother. She was still a dog...
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Paula Ann
09:34 AM on 11/17/2009
my sister's dog knows me as "auntie"; and "g" is my furry niece
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amaboss52
I think, therefore I am, I think?
04:11 PM on 11/14/2009
I was in the hospital once for nine days, when I came home, as I was getting out of the car my Rotty was going to bark, just as the bark was coming out of his mouth he saw it was me, my baby didnt leave my side for 3 weeks. I miss him. This made me cry with joy. Welcome home brave soldiers. Your four legged babies missed you, too.
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Freesia2
I'm nicer than I appear in print. :-)
01:26 AM on 11/15/2009
I teared up too. (And like you I miss my own somebody, never so much as when someone talks about their buddy they miss, or in watching a video like this one. Having a dog love you is one of the most special feelings a person can ever enjoy.)

I'm glad he's home. I'm glad Gracie was there to wiggle herself silly at the sight of him.
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Hazelnut
Dogs rule!
02:07 PM on 11/14/2009
This was wonderful! Thanks for posting this, HP.
01:51 PM on 11/14/2009
Dogs are so great - unconditio­nal love. Old Joke -- Want to know who loves you more? Lock you dog and spouse in the trunk of your car for a few hours, open and see whose happy to see you.
11:03 PM on 11/14/2009
ASPCA (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) and local cops will be happy to see for locking up a human and a dog in the trunk.
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up420oz
11:30 PM on 11/14/2009
lightn up dude.

its an old joke.

& BTW, its true.
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sstrickland
01:15 PM on 11/15/2009
Are you for real? Ever heard of jokes?
12:15 PM on 11/14/2009
Thanks for posting these videos.

I often wondered about how pets view a beloved owner's prolonged absence. Since you cannot explain where these people went or how long they'll be gone, I imagine that the dogs come to believe that the person is dead.
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Dr Jimmy and Mr Jim
Long Live Rock
09:41 AM on 11/14/2009
We can learn a lot from dogs.
But not all dogs.
W-Bush is a dog.
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Axekick
100% Solidarity w/ The 99%
07:17 AM on 11/14/2009
By their very nature they never stop demonstrat­ing how devoted they are to you, and neither do dogs.

This was a wonderful post. Bless our troops, their families and their pets.
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SparkyDash
Save a pretzel for the gas jets.
07:11 AM on 11/14/2009
Wonderful clips! I love dogs, but it is especially heart-warm­ing to see military coming home and greeted by these beautiful loving creatures without hesitation­.

I'm fortunate to have rescued two 100-lb retrievers­...a loving Golden and a goofy Lab. They are joyful. Every single time I arrive home, park in our garage, then close the garage door, spouse and both dogs come out and greet me at my car door...smi­les and love abound. Every single time no matter what is going on in our lives or the world...ho­me from work, shopping, meetings, I'm greeted by three lovely beings.

Life can be very good.
03:52 AM on 11/14/2009
When I return home after the worst day possible, my Westie "Shelby" is always there to greet me with a smile and a wagging tail. Lifts my spirit completely­!!!
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pebblesvanpeebles
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03:01 AM on 11/14/2009
2nd vid: "He'shomeh­e'shomehe'­shome!"
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iBlog4Fun
12:22 AM on 11/14/2009
I never liked pets, myself. But I can see why other people love them.
06:44 AM on 11/14/2009
LOL. Well, thanks for your input, Mr. Sunshine.
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03:31 PM on 11/14/2009
I don't trust people who don't like animals.
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sstrickland
01:17 PM on 11/15/2009
ditto
10:17 PM on 11/13/2009
Bring 'em all home.