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The prayers worked, and Bodie the K9 officer went home this afternoon. He looks so much better. I am so happy for this awesome dog that he is able to go home with his handler. I think when he jumped into the backseat of his patrol car, he felt like his old self.
The sendoff was witnessed by a slew of media and members of the public, who just warmed to Bodie right away.
This photo is courtesy of The Sacramento Bee's news site.
Also in the canine news, and this is disgusting, is a sweet daschund who was picked up by two adults in their 20s a few days ago. They strapped an M80 explosive around his neck and, yes, decrepit people that they are, they exploded it. The dog, now called Rocket, survived and had a lot of stitches on his neck. He is recovering, but in the scenes on the news, you could just see him shaking. I am so miffed that people are so cruel. I hope that someday God gives those two animal abusers their just desserts. I just have no tolerance for those who are cruel to animals, especially in situations like this.
On the good side, Rocket has a lot of loving homes to choose from, and the vets say he should be able to go home next week.
I have to say that I have been truly touched by a beautiful dog named Bodie. He is a K9 police dog who was shot twice last week by a villain. I admit that I have no remorse that Bodie's handler then shot and killed the shooter. Bodie was shot in the paw and the jaw, nearly lacerating his tongue. He was critical condition, but his handler and the vet staff stayed with him all night. He was upgraded to serious and now is in stable condition. Today, Bodie had a second surgery.
My prayers and those of my city go out to Bodie, who continues to be the focus for news stories on all of our local channels. He is just 4 years old.
You can read Bodie's story here and keep up to date here.
I continue to be stunned by the total disrespect that Christina Aguilera seems to have for her fellow Mouseketeer, Tony Lucca, on The Voice. All season long she has continued to show great immaturity and a bias against Lucca. He is a few years older than she is and has had nothing but nice things to say about her. She actually didn't appear to recognize him at first during the blind auditions, which is okay, but something about her reaction when she did always has felt odd to be. The word that comes to mind is plastic, as in fake.
So, how to explain Aguilera's penchant for negativity for Luca? She's panned him all season, called him one dimensional, and recommended to his celebrity coach that he not be chosen for the finals. Is this jealousy? Did she have an unrequited crush on Luca when they were kids? Is she afraid of being usurped by yet another Mouseketeer (they both worked with Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears).
I don't know why she is being, well, a jerk, but she is. It shows her insecurity, and I believe that may be the truth of the matter. Aguilera's penchant for showing her assets, purchased as they have been, tends to be a sign that she has little self-worth. She may talk a good game, but many people who act tough really have deep self-esteem problems. Maybe that is really what is the heart of this. She's just out-classed, in talent and esteem.
What a shame that Aguilera has shown such childish behavior.
I don't know who will win The Voice. Chris Mann, who is Aguilera's protege for the finale, is awesome. I adore him. He has a wonderfully classically trained voice. He and Lucca are actually the two I have been rooting for the most and really are the only two contestants I've cared about, so as long as one of them wins, I am happy. Part of me wants Adam Levine to be able squash Aguilera in the judges panel since Levine is Luca's coach. I thought he was on the verge of really telling her off in the finale last night, but he made his statement in another way.
My good wishes to Lucca and Mann, who have both shown awesome talent and dignity, and my pity to Aguilera for being so classless on national television and in real life apparently.
I'm super excited about the new Canadian series, Saving Hope, starring Michael Shanks of Stargate SG-1. His co-star is Erica Durance of Smallville fame. In fact, these two have appeared together on both of their former shows, so there is history. NBC is airing Saving Hope starting June 7 at 10pm.
Michael plays Charlie Harris, Chief of Surgery, who ends up in a coma and then roams the hospital. It promises to be very cool. I don't know how long they can keep that premise up before he needs to get out of the coma, but the first 13 episodes should be great.
The show is filming in Toronto, and they're working on episode 7 now. Michael's become a tweeter. I don't do social media, but following his tweets is a hoot.
Watch Saving Hope -- let's get a season 2!
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