Today we have an all NEWFOUNDLAND DOG special! A lifeguard Newfie named Reef jumps out of helicopters for the Italian Coast Guard; a Newf named Hairy Man pulled 180 Irish Immigrants off of Wreck Rock to safety on the Isle aux Morts (literally the Island of the Dead); and one unnamed Newfie gave this podcaster the best rabbit hole about Napoleon Bonaparte's Body Parts that you'll ever hear. #SorryNotSorry. Let's Go!
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Resources for today's episode:
Newfies Join the Italian Coast Guard
https://abcnews.go.com/US/dogs-train-year-round-save-lives-italian-waters/story?id=54094675
Shipwrecked:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Harvey
https://www.isleauxmorts.ca/our_history.php
https://www.loc.gov/classroom-materials/immigration/irish/irish-catholic-immigration-to-america/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Humane_Society
https://www.isleauxmorts.ca/official_ah_nomination.php
https://www.newfoundlandlabrador.com/plan-and-book/festivals-and-events/24920790
https://thedespatch.wordpress.com/
This segment was inspired by minisode 219 of "My Favorite Murder" where a listener wrote in with her story about how her family would not exist if it were not for Hairy Man, the Newfoundland. Karen and Georgia are my sheroes and while they are not for children, I'm glad I was able to take that story and learn more. https://omny.fm/shows/my-favorite-murder-with-karen-kilgariff-and-georgi/mfm-minisode-219
Napoleon Complex
https://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/wayoflife/11/01/ten.dogs/index.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newfoundland_dog
Intro/Outtro music: Tiptoe Out The Back - Dan Liebowicz
Interstitial Music: MK2
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Your host, Melissa McCue-McGrath is an author, dog trainer, and behavior consultant in Southern Maine. She'll talk about dogs all day if you let her. You've been warned :)