Second Chances
“Sitting up, he scanned the area, looking and listening for what might have alerted the dog. Finding nothing, he laid back down and stroked the dog’s coarse fur. Though the animal never missed anything, Dusty wondered if Ben suffered from similar nightmares as his, courtesy of war.
They’d been teammates in Afghanistan and Ben had saved his life and others more times than he could count. He scented out explosives as well as sounded an alarm when the enemy drew near. Trained for protection, Ben could rip into a man with a simple command, yet he remained as playful as a puppy these days running around Dusty’s stable.
When Dusty decided to put in his resignation to the Navy SEALs, his sole regret was losing Ben. Only his luck held as the Navy decided, due to Ben’s advanced age of eight years and his development of arthritis which affected his mobility, to retire the service dog. Dusty immediately stepped forward to adopt Ben, bringing him home.
Home.
More like his family’s home. He tried t...o live there after returning from war.MoreLess
They’d been teammates in Afghanistan and Ben had saved his life and others more times than he could count. He scented out explosives as well as sounded an alarm when the enemy drew near. Trained for protection, Ben could rip into a man with a simple command, yet he remained as playful as a puppy these days running around Dusty’s stable.
When Dusty decided to put in his resignation to the Navy SEALs, his sole regret was losing Ben. Only his luck held as the Navy decided, due to Ben’s advanced age of eight years and his development of arthritis which affected his mobility, to retire the service dog. Dusty immediately stepped forward to adopt Ben, bringing him home.
Home.
More like his family’s home. He tried t...o live there after returning from war.MoreLess
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