Devoted dog guards Navy SEAL's coffin

• NeverSayGoodBye

  28 Aug 11, 21:19

  A faithful dog has refused to leave the side of his Navy SEAL owner after he was killed in Afghanistan, lying beside his master's coffin at the funeral.

  

  7:00AM BST 26 Aug 2011

  The heartbreaking image of loyal Labrador Hawkeye lying forlornly in front of the coffin of Jon Tumlinson, 35, has made its way around the world since it was posted on Facebook by Tumlinson's cousin.

  Petty Officer Tumlinson was one of 38 killed when his helicopter was shot down in Afghanistan early this month.

  "I took this picture and that was my view throughout the entire funeral. I couldn't not take a picture," Lisa Tumilson told US television network ABC News.

  "It took several attempts since every time I wasn't crying and could focus on taking it, there was a SEAL at the microphone and I didn't want to take a picture with them for security and respect reasons. Our family is devastated to say the least."

  Hawkeye led his family down the aisle into the funeral service in Rockford, Iowa, and followed his friend Scott Nichols as he rose to deliver a eulogy, television network MSNBC reported.

• Mr Milo

  28 Aug 11, 21:26

   

  Where is the treat you promised me? Ruff!

• MooKu

  28 Aug 11, 21:30

  Oh boy.

  I hope the doggie pulls through...

• Rock^Star

  28 Aug 11, 21:32

  Dogs do not care for riches nor luxuries, as long as you give them food and treat them nicely, they will return you their unwavering loyalty. Humans have much to learn.
• Mr Milo

  28 Aug 11, 21:33

   

  Emo Dog

  Any doggie psych around?

• NeverSayGoodBye

  28 Aug 11, 22:05

  Originally posted by Rock^Star:

  Dogs do not care for riches nor luxuries, as long as you give them food and treat them nicely, they will return you their unwavering loyalty. Humans have much to learn.

  
  Their loyalty is unconditional....

• Mr Milo

  28 Aug 11, 22:08

  Originally posted by Rock^Star:

  Dogs do not care for riches nor luxuries, as long as you give them food and treat them nicely, they will return you their unwavering loyalty. Humans have much to learn.

  
  dogs care about whether their owner feels & cares for them

• Susanteo2011

  28 Aug 11, 23:16

  Originally posted by Rock^Star:

  Dogs do not care for riches nor luxuries, as long as you give them food and treat them nicely, they will return you their unwavering loyalty. Humans have much to learn.

   

   

  unless it's an............... Anglo-Jap-Yankee-Sino-Indo Dog like LKY............

• Klgllgjhgkyul

  29 Aug 11, 10:47

  ..............

• JerryJan

  29 Aug 11, 11:12

  so sad to read tis 

  hope the dog got relative to take care of 

• NeverSayGoodBye

  30 Aug 11, 22:07

  Originally posted by JerryJan:

  so sad to read tis 

  hope the dog got relative to take care of 

  
  .....the dog will be taken care of by the dead man's good friend.

• JerryJan

  1 Sep 11, 13:55

  Originally posted by NeverSayGoodBye:

  
  .....the dog will be taken care of by the dead man's good friend.

  
  so touching   

  I wan to cry