Elderly Dog Saved From Being Put Down and A WWII Vet Celebrates 105

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Episode Transcript

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It feels good, good new savvystories every day on the show. We'd
like to share him with you whatshe got Kalin So. A few months
after losing her child, Trish Bauerwas scrolling on Instagram and came across a
dog rescue page that posted a videoof a German shepherd. The text on
the video stated that the elderly dogwas going to be euthanized the next day,
so she commented on the post,and the next morning she woke up

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to a message saying he's being euthanizedin thirty minutes. Can you come and
save him? So she and herdaughter, two of them grabbed a Catleish
hopped in the car to rescue Wilbur, a twelve year old ninety pound German
Shepherd after visiting the vet. Oncethey got Wilbert, they did learn that
he had a tumor, but herdaughter is a cancer survivor, so they
were fine with it because they said, fighting is all they know. You

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guys. Wilbur beat cancer Johnny likeher daughter, and you have to see
photos of him holding a sign thatsays I beat cancer. So he saved
his life was saved twice. Sweet. I love Wilbur too. That's a
great story. Yeah, old Wartwo veteran who has no surviving relatives celebrating
his one hundred and fifth birthday withmore than three thousand cards from kind hearted

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strangers. Her name is His nameis Ernest Horsefall. I love Ernest.
That's a great name for an oldguy who was one hundred and five years
old. He has seen twenty sevenPrime ministers and five British monarchs in his
lifetime, and he was surprised andamazed at how many people wrote to him.
He was showered with cards from generouswell wishers after the Royal British Legion

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called for the brave ex serviceman tobe honored for his birthday, so he
opened all the cards. Said hewas looking forward to spending time with his
girlfriend, Margaret, who by theway, is sixty three. Yeah go
half, basically half his age.Yeah, fifty years at he was like
forty eight when she was born orsomething. My man is he's still backing

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up pus aster a long hot ohman. I love that. He was
married for fifty seven years, hada son and a sister. They've all
passed away, but he's still therekicking. Got three thousand cards, and
I'm sure that the night with hisuh, his younger, much younger girlfriend

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who was well worth as to liveone hundred and five years. Friend shows on