Moxie was a 3-year old urban search and rescue dog when she and her handler were called to the World Trade Center in September 2001. Now, she’s a a retired senior dog who is still playing at the park.
Moxie with her owner Mark Aliberti in Coughlin Park, Winthrop, Massachusetts (photo by Kathleen McNerney/WBUR)
Her handler, Mark Aliberti, recalls their experience at the World Trade Center site in this WBUR radio news story:
For those that may have missed it, reporter Giles Brown of The Press wrote an article this week about Stig, the search dog who received a Parliamentary award in April 2010. During the year, Stig qualified as an avalanche search dog and was later diagnosed with cancer (since removed).
Read about Stig here.
Kathleen Crisley, specialist in dog massage, rehabilitation and nutrition/food therapy, The Balanced Dog, Christchurch, New Zealand
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