Saturday, February 06, 2010

They Also Serve Who Only Bark and Scratch

A bomb-sniffing dog in Afghanistan attached to the UK forces is going to receive the canine equivalent of the Victoria Cross.

Here's the dog, named Treo:


And here is the medal, known as the Dickin Medal:



Extra points awarded to the reader who guesses the poem which inspired the blog title.

1 comment:

Bob said...

For anyone reading this, the poem referred to in the title of the post is On His Blindness by John Milton.