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beardedliberal on September 4th, 2025 at 16:51 UTC »

Regardless of how one feels about the guy in the casket, his dog obviously loved him unwaveringly. Credit where credit is due.

Spartan2470 on September 4th, 2025 at 17:29 UTC »

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> George H.W. Bush's Service Dog Bids The President a Tearjerking Farewell

> By Lauren HubbardPublished: Dec 3, 2018

> As President George H.W. Bush's family, friends, and colleagues gather to honor the fallen statesman today at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, one of Bush's closest confidants will also be saying his final goodbye to the former president.

> In a photo that captured the hearts of the internet this weekend, Bush's service dog, Sully, was seen laying protectively in front of the casket of the late president, who passed away on Friday at the age of 94. The image was shared to Sully's Instagram account, along with the caption, "Mission complete."

> The yellow lab— named after former airline pilot Chesley B. "Sully" Sullenberger III, who became famous in 2009 for saving 155 airline passengers and crew by successfully landing a damaged jet on the Hudson River—was raised by the service America’s VetDogs, a service dog program aimed at assisting veterans, active-duty service members and first responders with disabilities, according to The Washington Post.

> He started his life in the prison puppy program, which allows inmates to care for the young dogs, teaching them basic commands and training them in skills that they will use to help disabled veterans including task like opening doors, fetching dropped items, and even answering phones. Sully can reportedly perform a two-page list of such commands, prompting Bush spokesman Jim McGrath to joke, "As one person said, he can do just about anything except make you a martini, but not to worry, he can go get you someone to make you a martini."

> The former president and World War II veteran was largely wheelchair-bound in the latter years of his life due to a form of Parkinson's. To help, Sully was assigned to him in June of this year and spent an auspicious first day as a member of the Bush family, meeting not one, but two former Presidents.

> "A great joy to welcome home the newest member of our family, "Sully," a beautiful -- and beautifully trained -- lab from @AmericasVetDogs. Could not be more grateful, especially for their commitment to our veterans," Bush wrote on Twitter, sharing a photo of himself and Sully with former president Bill Clinton, who happened to visit Bush that day at his home in Kennebunkport, Maine.

> The dog quickly became an internet sensation, amassing over 100,000 followers to his "personal" Instagram account, where fans could find pictures of Sully accompanying Bush to events and at home, playing with other pups, and even helping with some of the Bush family's causes, like promoting literacy.

> Now that his service with the former president has ended, the two year old Sully's specialized skills will be going to help more veterans and soldiers as he joins the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, where he will assist with “physical and occupational therapy to wounded soldiers and active duty personnel during their journey to recovery,” America's VetDogs announced on Facebook.

> "As much as our family is going to miss this dog, we're comforted to know he'll bring the same joy to his new home, Walter Reed, that he brought to 41," Bush's eldest son, former president George W. Bush, wrote on Instagram.

Wilted_fap_sock on September 4th, 2025 at 19:06 UTC »

"This soldier, I realized, must have had friends at home and in his regiment; yet he lay there deserted by all except his dog. I looked on, unmoved, at battles which decided the future of nations. Tearless, I had given orders which brought death to thousands. Yet here I was stirred, profoundly stirred, stirred to tears. And by what? By the grief of one dog."

~Napoleon Bonaparte, on finding a dog beside the body of his dead master, licking his face and howling, on a moonlit field after a battle. Napoleon was haunted by this scene until his own death