[ SHOWGSD-L ] German Shepherd Victor on Glen Beck
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Watch Glenn Beckâs Emotional Tribute To His Dog, Victor
At the end of tonightâs Glenn Beck Program, the host paid a special
tribute to a member of the Beck family not often mentioned on radio or
television, the familyâs canine elder statesman, Victor the German
Shepherd.
Image: TheBlazeTV
As Glenn explained, Victor was the familyâs first choice for protection
after they started receiving death threats in 2001. This very special German
Shepherd has stood guard for the Beck family for more than a decade. Victorâ
s presence and unwavering devotion has allowed Glenn to spend nights away
from his family for the many business trips required by his work.
From Wednesday nightâs Glenn Beck Program, the emotional tribute to the
Beck familyâs best friend.
(Begin transcript)
Tonight I want to leave you with a personal note: That great teachers are
found sometimes in the most unlikely of places.
It was right after 9/11 that I received my first death threat. It was from
a Muslim extremist that said he would kill me and my whole family if I didn
ât stop talking. It was the first time I ever had any professional
interaction with the FBI and we were told to go home. We didnât even have
curtains
on the windows of our house at that time. I went home and I explained as
calmly as I could to my wife as that we had to take sheets and blankets and
put them on our window as soon as we could. That night we had a serious
discussion with men who carried guns outside our bedroom door and in our
property and we had a discussion about buying a gun. And my wife and I having
not grown up around guns decided the answer was âNoâ. Laughably we thought
we werenât responsible enough to have one. So we were instructed to leave
town for a month.
I was living in Florida at the time and I took my family to Los Angeles
and we couldnât tell anybody that we were in LA for a month. We knew we
needed something in the house to protect us.
Great teachers are everywhere. And theyâre found in unlikely places but
theyâll teach us great lessons. Victor has taught our family great lessons
in
duty an devotion. I have been able to be away from my family on road trips
with comfort because he has been a part of our life. And he is teaching me
now a very difficult lesson in dignity.
He has been on watch every since we met him. Heâs a service dog and he has
become a much loved and loving part of our family. In addition to his job
as protector his unwavering affection has been a lesson for our whole
family. He came into our lives to protect us. And he has done that and much
more. Heâs an amazing dog and he has taught me and my family about
protection,
devotion, dependence, caring and he is now teaching us the hardest lesson:
learning when to let go.
We have depended on him for years and now his body is failing him. And now
he depends on us to protect him and to care for him and to ultimately to
decide whatâs best for him. Not for us. For him. The Victor decision is one
I think we both know about. I know and he knows and I can see it in his
eyes and we both know the other one knows that it doesnât make it easier.
Victorâs lessons are ingrained in us forever. Protection, devotion and
dignity.
I donât know what this holiday is going to bring us, but it may be a very
tough decision. I would ask you for your prayers for Victor and our family
and the difficult decisions that we face. Thank you, Victor.
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