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thespcicifcocean@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoFuckin stolen valor asshole dog
Fuck that. Balto’s owner was the asshole. Balto himself and his team spent years malnourished and chained to a sled in a freak show wondering what they did wrong, and when they were finally “rescued” they wound up in a zoo. Well fed, but in cages while people gawked at them. Balto watched the rest of his team die one by one until he himself died blind and paralyzed.
Togo spent the rest of his life with his family. Neither dog knew they were famous or why, but Togo knew he was loved.
I actually didn’t know that, fuck our species
Goddammit. Why do even the good dog stories have sad endings. Every damn time.
I don’t quite remember the story, but I don’t think Balto had much of a say in his portrayal
I think Togo won in the end, because Balto and his sled team basically became freak show animals and later live museum exhibits, chained and starving, like they weren’t living creatures at all. They were later rescued and ended their days as zoo animals. After Balto died he was stuffed and put in a museum.
Meanwhile Togo and his team went on tours, were given gold medals, continuing their lives as sled dogs and Togo got to retire in a nice kennel where he was bred and lived well until he was euthanized at the age of 16 due to health complications.
Don’t feel bad for Togo. He may have been largely forgotten to history, but he sure as shit won the life lottery compared to Balto.
Also he finally got a pretty good movie starring Willem Dafoe.
Haven’t seen it, but I’ll put it on my watch list! 👍
You’ll have to sail the high seas. It’s a Disney movie but they have “put it in the vault”
Which upsets me considerably, because it’s an amazing film that made me weep. Literally, fucking, weep. Wailing and gnashing of teeth type sobbing.
Point being, it’s a great movie with a happy ending for the dogs, so you don’t have to worry about that.
Highly recommended.
Alternatively, you could watch The Great Alaskan Race, which tells the same, more accurate version on a much lower budget. My late-girlfriend was the wardrobe designer on it, so I feel obligated to mention it, even though it’s a bit rough around the edges.
lol
ceenote@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
He was a good boy, don’t blame him for what people did.
thespcicifcocean@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Oh sorry, I’m biased against huskies in general. I think they’re all assholes.
ceenote@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
They are, but dogs can be assholes and good at the same time. People, on the other hand…