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The guy had money, that wasn’t the problem,” Wallace stated. Upon investigation, Officer Austin Wallace made a grim discovery to find an emaciated pit bull locked up. In 2010, an animal officer heard a dog barking from a shed in a residential backyard.
There's a lot of competition in the military homecoming space, so this service member got creative for his dad's 70th birthday party. After a guy in a gorilla suit delivers a happy birthday balloon, dad watches a best wishes video from his son stationed overseas. Then the guy in the gorilla costume takes off his head.... For Veterans Day 2009, we posted a round-up of videos featuring soldiers being welcomed home by their dogs.
Two Dogs
The reunion was Capt. Lackey's idea and it was his letter to Ellen that inspired the television reunion. Then the tables turn when ASDFA brings out the couple's two daughters to surprise dad on the show. Dad returns from a yearlong deployment to Kuwait and Iraq and surprises his son in the school cafeteria.
However, this particular story reaches into the depths of dog lover’s hearts everywhere. Both these dachshunds are pretty happy to see their soldier again, but the little one has more staying power.
Soldier Welcomed Home By Dog
Enjoying a day at the beach, this family thinks they're making a video to send to dad while he's serving in Afghanistan. With some help from a scuba tank, our service member interrupts their message so they can deliver it in person. There's nothing more heartwarming than a military homecoming, and to celebrate Veterans Day, Here are 13 YouTube videos that show just how much joy a reunion can bring. Since being back from Afghanistan, Phillip returns to weekend drill duty as scheduled each month for two days.
There's nothing better than a senior dog who cries because they're so happy to see you. Those will probably still give you the feels, but the very best are the ones that were made by someone spontaneously turning on their phone's camera. Cubs fan uses son's hat to catch foul ball, puts hat back... That's all good and fine, but when I deployed we would occasionally return home commercial and be told to stay in uniform.
US Army soldier who had been deployed for a year gets welcomed home by her dog
The two dogs and the Kriens welcomed a new baby into their family of which both Cotton and Ella love and adore. Cotton caught the eye of Shanti Kriens who was looking for a dog to surprise her husband with when he returned from military duty. Chuck the Boxer leaps out of the back of the SUV and just can't calm down as he sees his service member who has returned after 8 months away. There's nothing better than a dog who's completely out of control with joy. But on Thanksgiving Day, in a video that’s gone viral across social media, Cabrera returns home for the holidays.
When a solider returns usually their family or friends know but the dog is completely taken off guard. The family cries as the fans cheer a moving message from dad. Things get crazy just after the video ends as he promises that he'll see the family "real, real soon." Back in 2013, Ellen DeGeneres invited a military family onto her show. First military spouse Jen Lackey gets a huge surprise when her husband Capt. Michael Lackey has come home early from Kuwait and is the mystery gift.
I swear, if they could, dogs would fully merge their bodies into ours when they've been separated for any length of time. Cotton has a vibrant personality that is playful and funny. His hearing disability does not keep him back from being an active and healthy dog. The Kriens consider Cotton as their “fur-st born” and opened their hearts and home to him.
They nurtured and loved him as much as any pet-parent could. The pit bull was rescued by Wallace and taken to the Oregon Humane Society where the dog was namedCotton and was put up for adoption. To all members of the military, we thank you for your service. These two dogs just want to play; the black dog manages to hang onto his rope toy through the whole joyous reunion. This soldier gets a face-lickingly warm welcome home from Princess, the tiniest dog in our collection.
Miss May excitedly welcomes home her owner who returned Thanksgiving Day from a deployment to Africa, Sacramento, Calif. This kitty loses its mind when it knows its service member is about to walk through the door, jumps into his arms and begins purring wildly. Of course, the family's other cat sits by and doesn't do a thing, holding up the side for cats everywhere. Thats all good and fine but when i was enlisted it was considered super pretentious to fly in uniform, also dangerous and youre told not to. The dog wouldve reacted the same if she was in civvies like every other normal person.
This is a super weird and judgy thing to pick at, especially when you have no idea what is happening. The Kriens adopted another deaf pit bull named Ella, who is Cotton’s sidekick and partner in crime. I walked up to the house, a big fancy property, and there was this starving dog.
Most moving is disabled dog Emma, who sadly passed away in 2020. A South Carolina dad returns from Afghanistan and surprises his son during a school assembly. Young Josh Carroll may be an 8th grader but he's not too cool to run across the cafeteria to leap into his father's arms when he realizes that dad came back early. The best part about these is that the dogs never know the human is coming back.
In the last two years, YouTube's vast collection of doggy welcome home videos has continued to grow. Cassandra Cabrera deployed to Africa when her beloved Miss May was just a puppy. She was worried that by the time she returned, her best friend wouldn’t remember her. Mom returns from Afghanistan a week early, lets the dog lick her face and has a group hug at home before heading to her son's school. Her high school son keeps his cool but the video ends with mom getting a look at the inside of his school locker, a place no parent should ever want to see. An airman returns home from a 6-month deployment in 2013 and is greeted by the family's pack of dogs.
It can be an emotional experience when a family member returns from deployment -- even for the family dog. Soldiers Julie and Brian Woodburn had both been deployed at the same time and separated from their daughter Addison. Then the kid's caregiver took her to a magic show at a Gilbert, LA junior high school and actual magic happened. Everyone should hope for a dog that loves them as much as Cotton, a deaf rescue pitbull, loved his Oregon National Guard member. His legacy lives on as his mother, Shanti, continues to try promoting awareness that pit bulls are not assumedly dangerous and mean. In recent years years, YouTube's collection of doggy welcome home videos has exploded.
