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While we are usually preoccupied with conformation and performance dogs, once
in a while we hear the story of a dog that is special in the original capacity
of dogs -- as a true and loyal companion.
We've recently had the opportunity to hear the story of one such dog, an
unusual ally in a foreign, and often hostile land.
Written by: Dr. Carleton Phillips, Advisor
on Nonproliferation, Office of National Security Affairs,
CPA
Baghdad
,
Iraq
and
Office of Proliferation Threat Reduction, United States Department of State,
Washington
,
D.C.
Xuxha (pronounced Shusha)
is a working dog
with flowing side gait and flawless foot timing, but you won’t see her in the show ring this summer.
Xuxha started out as a scrawny, tick-covered Baghdad street
dog used to war and fearful
of humans. Hired off the street, groomed, well-fed, and reintroduced to human
companionship, she now is chief watch dog for the Iraq International Center for
Science and Industry - a State Department Project in Baghdad. Xuxha can be
credited with alerting her American and Iraqi friends with ‘trouble-brewing’
warnings before human senses were aware. Xuxha is busy rearing a litter of five
plump pups all of whom plan on following her into the ‘working dog’ world.

Xuxha with her best friend, and savior, Dr. Alex Dehgan |