Military dog awarded highest honor

[Catherine]

It is pretty sad when your own country lets you down like that.  Human soldiers take note. If you are lower rank and therefore "less valuable" you might get the same treatment.

I do not have a problem with humans having working animals, especially dogs. Dogs seem to want to serve. I do have a problem with how we treat animals when their service is ended. They have to retire, comfortably, any research primates. Seeing eye dogs get retied well. (I believe)  I am not so sure about the other animals that serve us.  Our own sense of integrity should require that we treat well any animal (or human) that gives service. Sadly there are many who lack this integrity.

It is worse when it is a whole country/military that fails its soldier dogs.