Hey, how about something a lot more fun and upbeat than yesterday’s depressing post about the VA (one of these days I hope to be able to write about them and have a good feeling instead of the bad one I always get now).

That quote in the subject line of this post cracked me up when I read it yesterday.  It’s from Susan Luehrs, executive director of Hawaii Fi-Do, the Assistance Dogs International-accredited organization that just placed a service dog at United States Marine Corps Wounded Warrior Detachment-Hawaii.

She was explaining why they went with a big yellow Labrador Retriever like Finn instead of their usual labradoodles:

“Hawaii Fi-Do works mostly with labradoodles, a cross between a Labrador and a poodle, but the Marines wanted a manly dog, she said.”

As the proud human of one of those “manly dogs”, all I can say is “Ooh-RAH!!”  No frou-frou designer dogs for the Marines (apologies to all you labradoodle lovers…haha) – gotta love it!

Whole story is here:

“Canine reports for duty at Kane’ohe base”

(FYI, Canine Companions for Independence placed Facility Dog Jonah at the parent organization for this unit, the Wounded Warrior Battalion-West at Camp Pendleton, back in November 2008.)