Comments by "Kenneth Dean Miller" (@kennethdeanmiller7324) on "Able Seaman Just Nuisance - A Great Doggo" video.

  1. No matter how many times I listen to this story I still cry at the end! We also had a black lab named Chevis that you could talk to like a person & he understood. My step-dad Billy had deer heads on the wall. And he'd say "Chevis, that deer is gonna get you." Which made him bark at the deer head in question.
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  2. A dog tale
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  3. Definitely a great story & a great dog! Considering that Great Danes usually pass away after short lives because of heart difficulties it would seem that Nuisance had a ♥ that was good to go. It's a shame he was "put to sleep". Ya know, people that have the same condition are NOT allowed to commit suicide but they make the decision for the dog. Such is life. But it was really awesome of the Royal Navy to do all they did for him too. For some reason I don't see the US Navy doing anything like that.
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  4.  @kennethhanks6712  Thanks for the tip. I'm guessing USS Washington had a dog mascot. But I will do the due diligence and figure it out on my own. When I said that about the US I wasn't meaning they wouldn't have a dog on one of their ships, I was meaning that "hiring" him as a watch dog and giving him a free train pass as well as free food and all the other perks that Nuisance received, that is what I didn't see happening in the US Navy. And not that I think the US Navy is heartless either. I love this country of ours! I actually just rode past the Pentagon Metro on a Metro train. I've lived in/near DC since 1993 & although I grew up in Atlanta & I do miss living further south, but DC has just become home to me & I really can't imagine leaving.
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  5.  @kennethhanks6712  Thanks for that. Yes, with the war going on guys need not only a distraction but it is also love as well. It helps to remind you what you are fighting for.
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  6. ​​ @kennethhanks6712 eah, from what I've heard about Admiral King, I don't think he shared the same sentiment about the Royal Navy but that was his problem. I seriously doubt he would have told a bunch of sailors that they can't have a pet. I'm glad most didn't share his view of the Royal Navy. A Navy that has been around as long as the Royal Navy, must at least be doing something right that we can all learn from them. And we can also learn from their previous mistakes as well, so that we do not make the same ones. I guess Coxswain Zero, once he made it ashore again found himself a bitch & had some pups. Then decided he needed to be closer to his family. My parents, among many of my Mom's pets, she had a Black Lab named Chevis. He was so smart you could speak to him as though he was a person & he pretty much understood most. In 1990-91 I helped my Step-father,Billy, build him & my Mom a house near Westminster, SC. For 911 purposes they had to name their driveway. They named it Chevis Mtn rd. They are both passed away but if you Google the street you will get an aerial view of the property cuz it's so far out in the "boonies". P/s We had previously lived in Lithonia, Ga before my parents moved to SC. I was still staying in GA as I still had a job there & was working. One morning just a few days after my parents had left, of course they had taken Chevis with them, anyway it was early just getting daylight & I heard a deer outside. This was kinda unusual so I looked outside. It was a big 8 point buck & he was "blowing" thru his snout & pawing at the ground. Since this was unusual, I called my stepdad, Billy later in the day & mentioned it to him, cuz he has always been a deer hunter with several huge deer heads on his wall. And he told me that that was Chevis's buddy. That the deer would wake Chevis up in the morning, Chevis would wake him up, & he would let Chevis outside to go "chase" the deer. He said evidently they had formed some kind of friendship/rivalry & every morning the deer would show up wanting Chevis to come out & play. I'm sure the deer was most disappointed that his morning running buddy had moved.
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  7. Yes, if you don't get a tear in your eyes at a beloved animal passing then in my eyes your subhuman. My Mom was crying cuz of having to put one of her dogs to sleep after 2 years of dog cancer. And my Mom said between her sobs "I hate f-in animals" and I replied to her "Well... Don't!!" And she started laughing. And so now she's laughing & crying at the same time. Idk, maybe you just had to of been there. The dog was Baby, a 14 yo Lhasa Apso. It is very unfortunate that the animals we love most have such short life spans compared to our own. But to stop loving is like saying "stop being human."
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