Remember Gabe, the service dog I posted about last year when he was in the running for the Service Dog of the Year award - which he won.... he became a traveling ambassador after the win and his owner has been performing yoeman's work on Facebook posting about dogs in shelters about to be euthanized and finding homes for almost all of them as their posts get posted and reposted ...
Yesterday morning Gabe would not eat and when he started looking worse through the day his owner took to the emergency vet where it was determined he was bleeding internally today he went to the Rainbow Bridge.
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Gabe 2012 Hero Dog
26 DEC 2003 to 13 Feb 2013
I've been a dog man my entire life, I've lost many a dear friend along this road. It's a very special kind of friendship and an especially difficult loss. I know there are no words that can lighten the heartache, only time can ease the pain. MWD Gabe K-153, US Army war veteran and OEF hero, took his last breath at 12:44 pm today, in the arms of his loving dad and former handler Chuck. He was 10 My thoughts are with SFC @[586841354:2048:Chuck Shuck] in this time of deep sadness, he and Gabe shared more in their years together than many of us can imagine. They trained and deployed together. They are responsible for protecting countless lives in Iraq. Gabe retired in 2009 and spent his final years comfortable and happy in the home of his handler and best friend. I never met Gabe, nor have I ever met SFC Shuck, in person...But I've grown very close to both of them over this past year. I worked closely with them throughout the campaign for 2012 AHA Hero Dog and I feel as though I've known them for years. I will never forget what Gabe has done, not only for our country as a US Army Specialized Search Dog, but in his retirement to help spread word of the contribution MWDs make every day. He was instrumental in defending and rescuing shelter dogs and in his spare time, traveled to churches and schools, teaching kids about respect and honor. Gabe, you are forever my hero...Rest well, big boy! @[100003508818181:2048:Charles Gabe Shuck]
I've been a dog man my entire life, I've lost many a dear friend along this road. It's a very special kind of friendship and an especially difficult loss. I know there are no words that can lighten the heartache, only time can ease the pain.
MWD Gabe K-153, US Army war veteran and OEF hero, took his last breath at 12:44 pm today, in the arms of his loving dad and former handler Chuck. He was 10
My thoughts are with SFC Chuck Shuck in this time of deep sadness, he and Gabe shared more in their years together than many of us can imagine. They trained and deployed together. They are responsible for protecting countless lives in Iraq. Gabe retired in 2009 and spent his final years comfortable and happy in the home of his handler and best friend.
I never met Gabe, nor have I ever met SFC Shuck, in person...But I've grown very close to both of them over this past year. I worked closely with them throughout the campaign for 2012 AHA Hero Dog and I feel as though I've known them for years. I will never forget what Gabe has done, not only for our country as a US Army Specialized Search Dog, but in his retirement to help spread word of the contribution MWDs make every day. He was instrumental in defending and rescuing shelter dogs and in his spare time, traveled to churches and schools, teaching kids about respect and honor. Gabe, you are forever my hero...Rest well, big boy!
Charles Gabe Shuck
