[AnAmericanMother]

My dad handled pack mules in Italy in the winter of '43-'44. They figured the cav. guys would have the know-how. But anybody who thinks a mule doesn't have a choice has never handled a mule!

I think I see the concept, and I like it. It seems that the scrawny little overloaded pack mules will pass through the gate and be ennobled, like the beautiful creatures on the other side.

And if that's not a Lab, I'll eat a cup of my pups' kibble. Not feathery enough and too much muzzle for a Golden. It can't be a Chessie in England, it's a relatively rare breed even here.

I've so often seen that affectionate, waiting look back as my girls race ahead on their adventures. "Come on! Come on! Hurry! It's beautiful!"

[miss marmelstein]

Thank you so much - how beautiful it is. It looks a little bit like a spaniel to me but I would imagine labs were used in war time rather than spaniels. But who knows? (Can you guess there is a cocker spaniel sitting under my chair?!)

I think the “They had no choice,” simply means the notion that humans start the wars and animals have to clean up after them, lol!

It would be wonderful to have something like this in the US.