Nub and Major Brian Dennis
Major Brian Dennis was serving in Iraq when a local dog took up with him. The dog’s ears had been cut off when it was a pup so Major Dennis named him Nub. Nub came around for months and obviously liked hanging out with the Marines. One day Major Dennis found a deep puncture wound on Nub. It had been inflicted on Nub with a screwdriver. Dennis and the other Marines nursed Nub back to health. No wonder Nubs loves his Marines and was willing to do whatever he had to do to find them when their unit was relocated …..
Major Brian Dennis, while serving in Iraq, found a dog who had his ears cut off as a pup and named the little guy nubs.
Over a period of months, the animal came around, befriending Dennis and his fellow Marines. During one visit, Dennis found Nubs with a deep puncture wound on his left side. He later learned the injury was inflicted by a screwdriver. He helped nurse the dog back to health.
The time came, however, for Dennis’ unit to relocate 70 miles from Nubs’ home fort. Keeping nubs was against the rules so he had to leave the dog behind. As always, Nubs sprinted alongside the Hummers as they pulled away for what Dennis assumed was the last time he would see the dog.
Two days later, Nubs wandered inexplicably in below-freezing conditions into Dennis’ new camp, shocking the Marine unit. “I won’t even address the gauntlet he had to run of dog packs, wolves, and God knows what else to get here,” Dennis wrote. “When he arrived he looked like he’d just been through a war zone.”
Nubs’ miraculous journey forced the Marine’s hand, and Dennis and his fellow Marines unanimously decided to keep the animal, building a doghouse at the camp. When two military police officers told Dennis the dog could not stay at the camp, he decided the only way to properly keep the animal was to get it to the United States.
After raising money and setting up a home with a friend back in the states, Nubs will arrive in the US this weekend.
Read the rest of the story here.
February 22nd, 2008 at 12:42 am
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February 22nd, 2008 at 8:10 pm
Guys like Major Dennis make the world a better place. The more “civlized” and comfortable the world becomes, the more advances in technology are achieved, the harder the world is on animals. Animals are good, implicitly. Dogs are even better than that.
Dogs are amazing creatures. They just want to be dogs, and be with and please people. Strays, give a stray a home, and you have a loyal friend for life. Some strays recognize love & kindness in a human immediately. Others take longer. But once that happens, that dog only wants to, has to be with that person. That’s enough for it to be happy.
It’s fitting and admirable that Major Dennis did anything & everything necessary to get Nubs to San Diego and reward that quality and love Nubs has displayed. And also admirable that his family and friends helped financially. I wish the Major a safe return home, & a great long life to both he & Nubs.
Lost Dog Blues, a song I wrote about this subject & people like Major Dennis , can be heard on Rhapsody , iTunes,Tradebit, etc. 40 some odd digital sites. The Artist is Larry Thurston. CD title: School For Fools. Lost Dog Blues. Levon Helm, from The Band, is the drummer. It can also be heard free at http://www.live365.com/cousinmoe
Major Dennis, I salute you. and Nubs!
March 2nd, 2008 at 11:17 am
Major Dennis is the kind of person I wish a lot of humans can be their are so many few like him who would be risking his life to safe our freedom and have time to share with a dog, those are man’s best friend and I am glad Nubs find somebody to love him even though bad things, cruel things were done to him. I am an animal advocate, I luv dogs, cats (have three of my own which I would give anything to take care of them if they needed it even give up my own food so that my kitties would eat themselves. But thank god I live in this country of so much freedom, love from family and health, and a job to be able to provide for my animals as much as I can. I wish Major Denis a safe return and thanks for fighting for all our freedoms and I hope Nubs is reunited soon with him but I know his family is taken good care of him while he returns(soon I hope)
Regards,
Lourdes Millan
Hialeah, Florida
March 6th, 2008 at 3:09 pm
What a wonderful & touching story. It is nice to see a postive story actually make it to the media. I pray that Major Dennis makes a safe return to the US and to Nubs. God Bless All Our Troops. Semper Fi!!!!
March 14th, 2008 at 12:47 pm
Better keep an eye on that dog when he reaches the States, wouldn’t want him to try to find his way back to Iraq, heh.
March 14th, 2008 at 12:48 pm
yeah aren’t they great?
save a dog, kill an iraqi
March 14th, 2008 at 2:58 pm
Great story. Our guys are not only trying to protect us and other nations, but find enough room to help out four-legged friends as well.
March 14th, 2008 at 3:14 pm
ooo thats so good, good on yous boys
can i have him
March 14th, 2008 at 6:20 pm
Thank god for stories like this that take some of the sting out of the horrible atrocities that are being committed on a daily basis. As a veteran of Desert Storm, it becomes very disheartening to realize that this “war” has been going on for get ready for it…. 19 years now. There’s just something about basic human kindness that makes me believe that we might just beat the neo-con corporate fascists that have taken over our country.
March 15th, 2008 at 12:11 am
I love this story. Dennis,Nubs and the rest of the soldiers are in my thoughts and prayers. I am proud to be an American and proud of you!