How a MoH dog hugs a baby

Rico says his mother forwards this one:



The K9 at left is Brutus, a military K9 at McChord AFB. He's huge; part boxer and part British bull mastiff, and tops the scales at two hundred pounds. His handler took the picture.
Brutus is running toward me because he knows I have some Milkbone treats, which is why he's slobbering away! I had to duck around a tree just before he got to me, just in case he couldn't stop, but he did.
Brutus was the recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor last year from his tour in Iraq. His handler and four other soldiers were taken hostage by insurgents. Brutus and his handler communicate by sign language and he gave Brutus the signal: 'go away but come back and find me'.
The Iraqis paid no attention to Brutus. He came back later and quietly tore the throat out of a guard at one door and another guard at another door. He then jumped against one of the doors repeatedly (the guys were being held in an old warehouse) until it opened. He went in and untied his handler and they all escaped. He's the first K9 to receive this honor.

If he knows you're okay, he's a big old lug and wants to sit in your lap. He enjoys the company of cats.
(Talk about animal intelligence and bonding with humans! Remember that they can't do a lot of things for  themselves and they depend on you to make their life a quality one!)

Instructions for properly hugging a baby (from the dog's point of view):
1. First, find a baby.

2. Second, be sure that the object you found is indeed a baby, by employing classic sniffing
techniques.

3. Next, you will need to flatten the baby before actually beginning the hugging process:

4. The 'paw slide'; simply slide paws around baby and prepare for possible close-up:

5. Finally, if a camera is present, you will need to execute the difficult and patented 'hug, smile, and lean' so as to achieve the best photo quality: