Meet Henry, Ashburns Beretta
- by Vicki Brown, staff reporter of the Wiregrass Farmer.

Henry has been getting state wide attention ever since he prevented a burglary attempt on his residence at the Strickland's Shell Oil Station early last Wednesday morning, August 10.

Henry is a 100 pound bulldog and he is credited with not only stopping a an armed robbery attempt but also saving the life of the night attendant, Hubert Nipper.

The attempt occured on Wednesday morning at about 3:30 a.m.when two men entered the station office with sawed-off shotgun. Henry was aroused as the men entered and jumped at the first man knocking both to the ground.

Apparently this attack from the huge bulldog was enough to disorient the robbers as they fled the scene without harm to Nipper. The Strickland brothers own the dog and have kept him most of his life at the station where he has prevented other burglary attempts.

"He once jumped through a plate glass door in the station office in his rush to attack a burglar," one of the brothers said.

Bulldogs were bred to catch bulls, "They hurl themselves at the bull and grab at the nose and flip them over using their weight as leverage."

Henry once did this with a horse and lost a few teeth in his effort. But the teeth he had left for last Wednesday's occurance and teh weight behind those teeth were enough to chase the robbers away for some thirty miles before their apprehension by police.

In overall personality, the almost eleven year old Henry rates a high score. His daily activities around the station are generally to relax and enjoy the patrons. At times the Strickland brothers even let him have a cigarette.

The story above was printed in the Wiregra ss Farmer