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Best Friend. Hero. Marine. "Max" the Military Working Dog Patrols the Big Silver Screen

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Wolf is ready to see "Max!"   "The nose of a dog...the heart of a Marine."   ~Max, the Movie My FiveSibes and I are pretty excited about a new movie that coming out. I initially  hard about "Max" from my daughter. Having been both been long-time fans of actress Lauren Graham and the Gilmore Girls TV series, and knowing my affinity for all things canine, combined with my interest and previous articles on Military Working Dogs (MWD), my daughter sent me a trailer for the movie. I knew immediately this was a movie I wanted to see. Fast forward a week and here I am quite thrilled to be sharing details of what promises to be a classic movie! "Max" is a family action-adventure movie from Warner Bros. Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures from writer/director Boaz Yakin (“Remember the Titans,” “Now You See Me”). Official Warner Bros. "Max" movie poster. The official synopsis of the movie is: " ' Max " ...

FiveSibes Join the #K9sSTOP22 /#STOP22 Challenge! Can You Outdo Our 22?!

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*Updated September 2024   Twenty-two seconds. Have you ever timed just how fast 22 seconds goes by? It's pretty fast. And according to K9s for Warriors ' STOP22 , "Today and every day moving forward 22 Veterans commit suicide, this is over 8,000, military heroes that will be lost in one year. This sobering fact can’t be ignored." We repeat: Every 22 seconds we lose one of our military veterans to suicide. K9s For Warriors aims to help these veterans by providing "service canines to our warriors suffering from post-traumatic stress and/or traumatic brain injury as a result of military service post 9/11. Our goal is to give a new leash on life to rescue dogs and military heroes, empowering warriors to return to civilian life with dignity and independence."   "STOP22 is an awareness campaign to show our  Nation's Military, active and retired, that they are not forgotten. With 22 Veterans expected to commit suicide today, your he...