tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51329067161963517232024-03-28T23:28:43.772-04:00Famous Dogs in History253 articles<br><a href="https://dogs-in-history.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_20.html">CATEGORIZED LIST OF ALL ARTICLES</a><br><br>Featured Article: <a href="https://dogs-in-history.blogspot.com/2020/12/old-drum-mans-best-friend.html">A Tribute to the Dog</a><br>Dianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04844770908590556065noreply@blogger.comBlogger253125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5132906716196351723.post-13167668283040666142024-03-25T15:59:00.002-04:002024-03-28T08:22:22.035-04:00Clothing Naked Animals<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">A bogus organization in the mid 1900's campaigned to clothe naked dogs and other animals for the sake of decency.</span>
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<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrZldsrtfO7yOTjHD1UO_IYjA4WVcbChXaCHHEUoS2fiZ5IGvwQtnLFY1Mha_WwGBSdXPpEjtk6I4QHyT-QoScPD_i7Q6a_cRvtKlD1pc7wAHAlBBrQ36LY_lZxKw-JiBYzyL5giCoiuJhytUDc5CoxGIN2-1xrrWfRI-xUh4A05nzOhIwnGpB5PDbBm8/s600/dog-hoax.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="471" data-original-width="600" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrZldsrtfO7yOTjHD1UO_IYjA4WVcbChXaCHHEUoS2fiZ5IGvwQtnLFY1Mha_WwGBSdXPpEjtk6I4QHyT-QoScPD_i7Q6a_cRvtKlD1pc7wAHAlBBrQ36LY_lZxKw-JiBYzyL5giCoiuJhytUDc5CoxGIN2-1xrrWfRI-xUh4A05nzOhIwnGpB5PDbBm8/s320/dog-hoax.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A Dog in Boxer Shorts<br />appeared in an article with instructions on how to make the boxers</span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In 1959, comedian and prankster Alan Abel created a hoax about an organization called the Society for Indecency to Naked Animals (SINA). Using the language of conservative moralists opposed to the changes in postwar society, he argued that 'naked' animals, including pets, farm animals and those in zoos, were scandalous and needed to be clothed. Abel employed actor Buck Henry to play the organization's president, G. Clifford Prout, who gave interviews in television news and talk shows.</span>
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<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdb-V0j9vO98is22lAFLM77Z_nTd8F7E7C_7j9MTZ0Z6ldUpC0nasJo5p9NLis8wsI2JmrKvpcOr0BGK9i8aVUFa0xNXMoavRpRtOk8grOXhcvEl54pik_OATGQL79mkidy_PlQSG4XAtglNVxCbfOlJejtNzMVQrG9b9NqAxLPD_omdLHaY_DqQelscU/s664/sina-march-white-house.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="664" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdb-V0j9vO98is22lAFLM77Z_nTd8F7E7C_7j9MTZ0Z6ldUpC0nasJo5p9NLis8wsI2JmrKvpcOr0BGK9i8aVUFa0xNXMoavRpRtOk8grOXhcvEl54pik_OATGQL79mkidy_PlQSG4XAtglNVxCbfOlJejtNzMVQrG9b9NqAxLPD_omdLHaY_DqQelscU/s320/sina-march-white-house.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Supporters marching in front of the White House</span></td></tr></tbody></table>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The organization was taken seriously, and SINA actually acquired over 50,000 members. According to Abel, "It was outrageous - the people around the country really seriously believe that this campaign to clothe naked animals was justified..." Some even contributed large sums of money (including a $40,000 check), which was returned to prevent being charged with fraud by accepting donations for a bogus charity.<br /><br />The hoax was finally exposed in 1962 when a staff member recognized Buck Henry while giving an interview as Prout by Walter Cronkite. "When Cronkite eventually found out that he’d been conned, and I was the guy behind it, he called me up. I’d never heard him that angry on TV—not about Hitler, Saddam Hussein, or Fidel Castro. He was furious with me," said Abel.<br /><br />In 1963, Time magazine formally exposed the hoax, and Abel revealed the true message of his operation: SINA wasn’t just a hoax — it was a commentary on the state of affairs in America. "I had no interest in actually putting shorts on horses, or mumus on cows. SINA was a satirical riff on censorship: it mocked the moral maniacs who were banning films, books, records, and plays during that time period."</span>
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<br />Dianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04844770908590556065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5132906716196351723.post-8599677134311679942024-03-03T13:26:00.000-05:002024-03-03T13:26:31.470-05:00Dogs in Charles Lindbergh's Life<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Charles Lindbergh was born in 1902 and grew up as an ordinary boy on a farm in Minnesota. In 1927, he became the first aviator to complete a nonstop solo transatlantic flight from New York to Paris. He became an international hero and later wrote a <a href="https://amzn.to/4c1iSHY" target="_blank">Pulitzer Prize-winning book about the experience</a>. In 1932, his 20 month old baby boy, Charles Lindbergh Jr., was kidnapped and killed. Partly because of his popularity, the crime and its aftermath sparked a media frenzy and the first "Trial of the Century." Late in life, he became concerned that modern technology was taking a toll on the world's plants and animals. He became a conservationist, arguing that he would rather have "birds than airplanes." Lindbergh died in 1974 at the age of 72.<br /><br />Below are photos of some of the dogs in Charles Lindbergh's life:</span>
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<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji4BJwGIz-8isRY_6JuZFEXiYpe6tcxw0sdWiAb5D-rGh8RYij6aPvAhdiG7LwVH2RLahSdG6ZZKl6MlEo3qp1QUiPzZXGS721AIvzAsYHhzjt2UE-mB4rszMahmVMck98YNIlNQ29SGimv2mbQai-JhgrxTp6ows842bWBA_qeDNsAmTD4WTz0LTqtLQ/s366/lindbergh-dog.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="366" data-original-width="220" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji4BJwGIz-8isRY_6JuZFEXiYpe6tcxw0sdWiAb5D-rGh8RYij6aPvAhdiG7LwVH2RLahSdG6ZZKl6MlEo3qp1QUiPzZXGS721AIvzAsYHhzjt2UE-mB4rszMahmVMck98YNIlNQ29SGimv2mbQai-JhgrxTp6ows842bWBA_qeDNsAmTD4WTz0LTqtLQ/s320/lindbergh-dog.jpg" width="192" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Charles Lindbergh at Lambert Field in St. Louis before proceeding to NY for the New York-Paris flight 1927</span></td></tr></tbody></table>
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<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO2nkfOxZp1R1UFftcEDu3DATi5HHBGOKuVIbWTv8ZTFH6sHgIrMuuMuMPls9aZs-LxIWNukETNxBjX2o_xmqPSxgTWIZhKolJhkJpxFFqh_GlfLHsb98tLGTiOFk6l9G34NCvwZtWmFwyX9MDFJjTM5JhBQ2BuRB1nun-s6gvGSFtxrZDRheLy_0UYFI/s442/lindbergh-jr-dogs.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="326" data-original-width="442" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO2nkfOxZp1R1UFftcEDu3DATi5HHBGOKuVIbWTv8ZTFH6sHgIrMuuMuMPls9aZs-LxIWNukETNxBjX2o_xmqPSxgTWIZhKolJhkJpxFFqh_GlfLHsb98tLGTiOFk6l9G34NCvwZtWmFwyX9MDFJjTM5JhBQ2BuRB1nun-s6gvGSFtxrZDRheLy_0UYFI/s320/lindbergh-jr-dogs.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Charles Lindbergh Jr. with family dogs Bogey and Skean 1931</span></td></tr></tbody></table>Dianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04844770908590556065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5132906716196351723.post-88571852653504256082024-01-15T13:35:00.001-05:002024-01-16T08:42:44.959-05:00Photograph of Kamikaze Pilots and Puppy<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">About 3,800 Japanese pilots died in kamikaze attacks during WWII.</span>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Most kamikaze pilots were 17-24 years old. While some were volunteers, others felt pressure to sacrifice their lives for their country.</span>
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<br />Dianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04844770908590556065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5132906716196351723.post-50989305386432856752024-01-09T10:46:00.000-05:002024-01-09T10:46:40.909-05:00Jimmy: Demonstrates Early EKG Machine<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Jimmy helped demonstrate an early version of an electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG), a machine that measures the electrical activity of the heart.</span>
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<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA_82LPST1iAYsuPt8_185CRlyAvdqtHbzuWPo5KQnFSp63gG8CExEm0BdsCi15aSlt3SX-4Mhofe_GQxH3BQAZEEHOSuJ6ewjqR_2l-MZ563USYp7eSNMNiF5x5GfTnwIF31ZjatTIEMovWsip1isxFlWKNN1JNkEDnqMaoJcD2bDJEOXaakTvRUjP4Q/s580/dog-jimmy-ekg-machine.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="580" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA_82LPST1iAYsuPt8_185CRlyAvdqtHbzuWPo5KQnFSp63gG8CExEm0BdsCi15aSlt3SX-4Mhofe_GQxH3BQAZEEHOSuJ6ewjqR_2l-MZ563USYp7eSNMNiF5x5GfTnwIF31ZjatTIEMovWsip1isxFlWKNN1JNkEDnqMaoJcD2bDJEOXaakTvRUjP4Q/s320/dog-jimmy-ekg-machine.jpg" width="276" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A demonstration to the Royal Society by Waller's dog Jimmy (1909)</span></td></tr></tbody></table>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Today's EKG machine has come a long way, thanks to many scientists and inventors. The first machine was invented in 1903. It weighed about 600 pounds and required patients to put their limbs into buckets of salt water.<br /><br />The first practical EKG machine with surface electrodes was created by Augustus Desiré Waller. He lectured on it in Europe and America, often using his pet bulldog Jimmy in his demonstrations. The Times newspaper reported that the demonstration had caused debate in parliament over whether the Cruelty to Animals Act had been violated. The Secretary of State replied as follows: I understand the dog stood for some time in water to which sodium chloride had been added or in other words a little common salt. If my honourable friend has ever paddled in the sea he will understand the sensation. (Laughter) The dog — a finely developed bulldog — was neither tied nor muzzled. He wore a leather collar ornamented with brass studs. Had the experiment been painful the pain would no doubt have been immediately felt by those nearest the dog. (Laughter)<br /><br />Today's EKG machines weigh just a few pounds and have played a central role in checking for signs of heart disease.</span>
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<br />Dianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04844770908590556065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5132906716196351723.post-84057089088453481882023-11-28T13:41:00.000-05:002023-11-28T13:41:03.478-05:00Dave: Annie Oakley's Wonder Dog<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">The famous Annie Oakley was so confident of her sharpshooting skills that she included her beloved dog Dave in her acts.</span>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Annie Oakley began shooting and hunting at an early age to help put food on the table for her impoverished family. She used an old muzzle-loading gun that belonged to her deceased father, and was so good at shooting that she was able to help provide a living for her family. According to her, she seemed "to have been born with shooting skill."<br /><br />Annie's reputation as a shooter spread, and at the age of 15, she entered a shooting competition with a traveling marksman named Frank Butler - Frank hit 24 out of 25 targets, and Annie hit all 25. The two fell for each other, married and began performing together.</span>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Annie and Frank never had children, but they were devoted to their dogs, including their English Setter Dave who was part of their act. Dave would sit obediently with an apple on his head and Annie would shoot the apple without harming the dog. During WWI, when Annie performed, Dave would go into the audience and successfully sniff out cash donations that were hidden in handkerchiefs to help the Red Cross. His talent helped raise more than $1600, and his fame grew so much that, according to one report, he was "scarcely less known than his mistress."<br /><br />In 1922, at the age of 62, Annie broke her hip and ankle in a car accident. She endured a long period of rehabilitation and had to wear a leg brace for the rest of her life. Sadly, three and a half months after the car accident, Dave was hit by a passing car and died. Annie and Frank were heartbroken. The local newspaper reported that the grieving couple felt the pain of Dave's death as "parents would feel the loss of a child." Frank wrote "Dave was more than some humans. He sat for weeks watching faithfully by the bedside of his mistress and would snuggle close, tapping gently with his little paw, his big eyes burning with love... Dave awaits us both in the Happy Hunting Ground."<br /><br />Despite doctors doubting Annie would ever shoot again, she continued to set records before passing in 1925 at the age of 66.</span>
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<br />Dianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04844770908590556065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5132906716196351723.post-19205044772163073482023-11-17T15:42:00.000-05:002023-11-17T15:42:47.245-05:00Philly: WWI Dog Hero With a Bounty on Her Head<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">A reward was offered for the death of Philly, a WWI dog hero that infuriated the Germans.</span>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Philly was a stray puppy when she was found by a soldier with Company A of the 315th Infantry Regiment, 79th Division. She became the company's mascot, and when it came time for the unit to deploy to France, the men smuggled her on board.<br /><br />While in the trenches, Philly would bark to warn the unit of German sneak attacks. Her warnings resulted in a bounty of 50 deutschmarks for her death, but fortunately the war had ended before anyone could claim the reward. For her valor she received two Bronze Stars.<br /><br />Philly returned to the U.S. and lived with Sergeant Charles J. Hermann in Philadelphia. She marched with the 315th in the victory parade and attended regiment reunions.<br /><br />In 1932, Philly died at the age of 15. Her taxidermied body was donated to the Philadelphia History Museum.</span>
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<br />Dianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04844770908590556065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5132906716196351723.post-60842765799297007862023-11-16T09:05:00.000-05:002023-11-16T09:05:00.200-05:00Tommy: Sole Survivor of SS Princess Sophia<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">A dog named Tommy was the only one to survive the tragic sinking of the SS Princess Sophia in 1918, the deadliest maritime disaster along North America's Pacific Northwest coast.</span>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The SS Princess Sophia, also named the "unknown Titanic of the West Coast," departed Skagway, Alaska on October 23, 1918. Four hours into the journey, the steamship had shifted course in stormy conditions, struck a reef, rode up onto the rock and became stuck. She remained stuck for 40 hours before sinking on October 25 - killing all 353 (the # varies) people aboard.<br /><br />In March 1919, The Alaska Daily Empire reported that a small dog covered in oil had been found two days after the sinking some 20 miles away from the wreck. Five dogs were on the ship's manifest, and this dog, identified as an English Setter, was Princess Sophia's only survivor.<br /><br />A recently discovered letter, written over 100 years ago, identifies the once believed English Setter was actually a Chesapeake Bay Retriever named Tommy.<br /><br />So was the sole survivor of the SS Princess Sophia an English Setter or a Chesapeake Bay Retriever? English Setters are good swimmers, but the Chesapeake Bay Retriever (with webbed toes, a thick double-coat, and a large chest powerful enough to break apart ice) seems to be the better breed to make it to shore and survive the sinking.<br /><br />According to David Leverton, Executive Director of the Maritime Museum of British Columbia, "This will always remain a mystery like so many other aspects of this story. Although it seems quite plausible that it was a Chesapeake Bay Retriever we will never really know. The only thing for certain is that all of the passengers and crew on board along with all of the other animals sadly lost their lives in the early evening hours of October 25, 1918, and we’ll never really know the whole story of what happened on that fateful night. It will likely always remain a mystery."</span>
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<br />Dianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04844770908590556065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5132906716196351723.post-87999099468905503382023-11-14T09:54:00.001-05:002024-01-04T13:28:15.946-05:00Pet Dogs Belonging to the Donner Party<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Emigrants in the Donner Party had to resort to desperate measures during a difficult time.</span>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In April 1846, the Donner Party - a group of American pioneers led by George Donner - migrated to California from the Midwest in covered wagons. Behind schedule, they decided to take a shortcut that no other wagon has traveled before. The journey turned out to be extremely difficult and the group became snowbound in several feet of snow in the Sierra Nevada mountains. Much of their supplies and livestock were lost on the trail, and members of the group began to perish from starvation.<br /><br />About a month after the group became snowbound, some of the strongest members attempted to walk out of the mountains to find help. After a month of walking, seven of the 15 made it to California and helped organize rescue efforts.<br /><br />While waiting to be rescued, the people stranded in ramshackle tents and cabins on the mountain had to resort to eating their remaining livestock, pet dogs and even human flesh.</span>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Rescue parties did arrive and helped the survivors back to civilization, but several died while trying to walk out of the mountains. The last survivor to leave the camp was in April 1847. Only 45 of the original 81 members of the Donner Party survived, 32 of them children. George Donner, his brother, both of their wives and four of their children all perished.</span>
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<br />Dianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04844770908590556065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5132906716196351723.post-42507422996015705982023-10-14T12:40:00.000-04:002023-10-14T12:40:27.844-04:00Buster: The Best Known Dog Along the Hudson<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Buster, the mascot of the Mary Powell steamboat, was loved by the crew and passengers as they sailed on the waters of the Hudson River.</span>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Buster, a brindle bulldog, was born in 1897. His owner was A. Eltinge Anderson, the Captain of the steamboat Mary Powell. Buster would go to work with his master, making many friends and becoming famous as an excellent swimmer and sailor.<br /><br />When allowed, Buster would leap over the railing of the boat and play in the water. When it was time to come back aboard, one of the members of the crew would go out onto a float and lure the dog to the float by throwing him a stick. Buster would go after the stick and bring it back to the float in his mouth. The sailor would grab the stick and haul Buster up onto the float. Once on the float, another crew member would throw out a line to the man on the float to fasten around the dog's body. Buster would then dive back into the water and be pulled back into the boat.<br /><br />One day, when the steamboat was being painted, one of the painters fell from the scaffolding into the river. Buster witnessed the accident and immediately leaped into the water and grabbed him by his collar. As soon as Buster realized the painter was a good swimmer and didn't need his assistance, he let go of the man and swam after his hat which was being carried off by the tide.<br /><br />Buster had many tricks to entertain the crew and passengers. Sometimes the Captain would have the sailors of the boat form a line and make a loop of their arms so Buster could leap through the loops one by one without stopping. The talented dog was also taught to pray. Upon command, Buster would leap into a chair, place his forepaws over the back of the chair and bow his head until the Captain said Amen.<br /><br />In 1908, at the age of 11, Buster passed away. According to the New York Times, "Of all the mascots which are supposed to bring good luck to the ships and boats which ply in the harbor of New York there is none more accomplished than Buster, the mascot of the Mary Powell."</span>
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<br />Dianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04844770908590556065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5132906716196351723.post-45048741424157403412023-09-20T13:13:00.000-04:002023-09-20T13:13:12.225-04:00Titina: First Dog to Fly Over the North Pole<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Titina made history by being the first dog to fly over the top of the world.</span>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Titina, a fox terrier, was a stray puppy who wandered the streets of Rome when she met Umberto Nobile, an Italian aviator and aeronautical engineer. The hungry puppy stood on her hind legs and pawed at Nobile, winning his heart. He scooped her up and named her Titina after Billy Murray's hit song Titina. The two bonded, and wherever Nobile went, his dog went with him.<br /><br />In 1926, Nobile, Roald Amundsen (a Norwegian explorer leading this expedition and the leader of the first expedition to reach the South Pole) and 14 others set out on an airship to be the first to fly over the North Pole. Nobile brought his beloved dog with him despite objections from others - not everyone was happy with the presence of a dog because the small gondola hanging under the airship was already crowded with 16 men.</span>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The airship, named Norge and designed by Nobile, left Italy and made it to Spitsbergen, the starting point of the North Pole Expedition. Before taking off, they learned that <a href="https://dogs-in-history.blogspot.com/2017/01/igloo-american-polar-explorer.html" target="_blank">Richard Byrd's American expedition</a> had successfully flown over the North Pole in a tri-motor airplane. Despite their disappointment, they went ahead with the flight. They took off on May 11, flew over the North Pole the following day, and landed two days later in Teller, Alaska.<br /><br /> Three explorers, including Byrd, claimed to be the first to reach the North Pole but disputes later arose over the legitimacy of their claims. Therefore, </span><span style="font-size: large;">Amundsen</span><span style="font-size: large;"> is said to be the first verified explorer to have reached the North Pole.<br /><br />Titina wasn't enthused about flying, but she was more than willing to go because of her love for her master. The journalist who was on board reported that Titina was "a dog marked by destiny, a dog of greatest character."</span>
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<br />Dianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04844770908590556065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5132906716196351723.post-1420441607243612332023-07-28T13:57:00.000-04:002023-07-28T13:57:18.036-04:00Dogs in the Holocaust<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Tammy Bar-Joseph researched the role of dogs in the Holocaust - both as they were used against Jews and in cases where they saved Jewish lives. Here are three accounts of Nazi dogs saving Jews:</span>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A Great Dane at the Skarzysko-Kamienna labor camp in Nazi-occupied Poland saved Nina Dinar, a teenager at the time. She loved dogs and grew up raising them, so when she saw the Great Dane with a Nazi officer, she called the dog over. To everyone's surprise, the dog walked over to her and licked her. The two developed a special bond over the next few months.<br /><br />In 1944, when the Russians were approaching, the Germans decided to evacuate the camp and kill those who were weak, including Nina. When she was being taken to her death, the Great Dane stood by her side and succeeded "to persuade" the officer to spare her life.<br /><br />Nina was sent to another camp before being freed. She started a family and returned to raising dogs. When interviewed by Bar-Joseph in 2019, Nina said, "I never feared dogs; they sense it when someone loves them."</span>
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<span style="font-size: large;">When Amon Goeth, the camp commander of the Plaszow concentration camp in German-occupied Poland, sicced his dog on Roman Schwartz for stealing potato peels, Roman ordered the dog to halt and sit. The dog obeyed and Goeth was so impressed that he spared his life.</span>
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<br /><span style="font-size: large;">Otto, A young Jewish boy in Auschwitz, was saved by a dog he had befriended.<br /><br />Dr. Joseph Mengele had Otto trained to become an attack dog. According to Otto, "With whip in hand they trained me to run on all fours, to attack people, to bite, to bark without stopping... They beat me terribly… starved me. And afterward they sicced me on people."<br /><br />Later, Otto was sent to a sheep farm to replace a herding dog that had died and was to work alongside a real dog named Willy. First, a German officer sicced the dog on him. "He attacked me from behind, tore a piece of flesh from me... But I was strong, I hit him on the head." They spent the night together in the kennel. "After that, we became friends. The dog licked and warmed me in the night."<br /><br />In 1944, Otto was placed on a transport meant to take him to his death. "Then Willy saved me. He started to look for me everywhere, he ran alongside the cars and barked loudly. Then I also started to bark terribly, and he heard me, jumped into the car, pulled me out of the pile."<br /><br />Afterwards, Otto reached France, went to an orphanage, and continued behaving like a dog, sometimes attacking other children. His life beyond this is unknown.</span>
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<br />Dianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04844770908590556065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5132906716196351723.post-59433207556477314482023-06-15T13:31:00.000-04:002023-06-15T13:31:56.872-04:00Legend of the Blenheim Forehead Spot<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">The legend of the Blenheim forehead spot on a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel goes back some 600 years ago.</span>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Cavalier King Charles Spaniel was a favorite of British royalty and aristocratic ladies. King Charles II loved these little dogs so much that it is said he was accused of ignoring the issues of his kingdom because he was so fixated on his dogs. The breed existed long before King Charles II, but was named after him because of his devotion to them. His Cavaliers would follow him everywhere and the King put forth a law that said no Cavalier could be barred from any public place.<br /><br />According to legend, the Blenheim forehead spot came about when the Duke of Marlborough was away fighting at the Battle of Blenheim. His wife, worried sick that her husband may not return, sat in her garden and stroked her mom-to-be Cavalier, pressing her thumb on top of the spaniel's head. When the battle was over and the Duke was safe, the puppies were born and all were marked with a chestnut-colored imprint of the Duchess' thumb in the middle of their forehead.</span>
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<br />Dianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04844770908590556065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5132906716196351723.post-88075446454240660262023-06-12T12:34:00.001-04:002023-06-12T12:42:35.370-04:00La Cloche and Juliana: Awarded Blue Cross Medals<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Each year, Blue Cross (an animal charity in England and Wales) awards outstanding pets the Blue Cross Medal. La Cloche and Juliana were the first dogs to receive one.</span>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><center><b>La Cloche</b></center></span>
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<span style="font-size: large;">La Cloche was the first dog to be awarded the Blue Cross Medal in 1940. He was on board the French steamer SS Meknes with his owner, a French mariner who could not swim. The ship was torpedoed by a German submarine and the mariner was thrown into the sea. According to a report, La Cloche "...dived into the sea, swam to his master and supported him for a considerable time in the water until the man was hauled out unconscious, and so saved. The dog sheered off the boat and could not be pulled out of the sea owing to the swell, it was thought that he was lost, but managed to find a log of wood on which he clambered and was later found riding the seas waiting patiently for his own rescue."</span>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><center><b>Juliana</b></center></span>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Juliana was awarded the Blue Cross Medal twice.<br /><br />The first was in 1941 for extinguishing an incendiary bomb - a bomb designed to start fires. During WWII, these bombs were being dropped across Britain by the Germans during <a href="https://dogs-in-history.blogspot.com/2017/08/seven-honored-dogs-who-saved-lives-from.html" target="_blank">The Blitz</a>. When a bomb fell through the roof of the house in which Juliana and her owner lived, the Great Dane put the fire out by urinating on the bomb.<br /><br />The second was in 1944 for saving lives. Her owner's shoe shop was on fire and Juliana alerted her family and customers, allowing them time to get out.</span>
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<br />Dianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04844770908590556065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5132906716196351723.post-24205897816482318542023-05-31T12:09:00.000-04:002023-05-31T12:09:33.651-04:00Pearl: The First Official Cadaver Dog<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Pearl was the first dog trained to locate deceased humans - helping law enforcement and providing closure to grieving families.</span>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Dogs have been known to find deceased bodies long before employing trained cadaver dogs. The first record of a dog helping in the detection of human remains was in the early 1800s in Germany. Two women went missing in 1807 and 1808, and the main suspect was Andreas Bichel, who became known as the Bavarian Ripper. The police searched his home and found the women's clothes, but could find no signs of the women until a court clerk took his dog to the suspect's house. The dog dragged his owner to Bichel's woodshed, sniffed the ground and pawed at the door. The police assumed the dog was reacting to the scent of another animal, but when the dog wouldn't give up, they decided to take a look. They dug inside and recovered the mutilated bodies of the two women. Bichel was arrested, convicted and beheaded in 1809.<br /><br />Although dogs have this natural instinct, cadaver dogs undergo roughly 1,000 hours of training before they can go out into the field. Pearl, a yellow Labrador Retriever, was the first dog trained for human remains detection at the Military Research Facility in San Antonio, Texas by handler Jim Suffolk of the New York State Police. She started her career in 1974, and within her first year, found the remains of Karen Levy, a Syracuse College student who went missing in 1972 - her body was buried four feet underground.<br /><br />Studies have found that cadaver dogs are 95% accurate at their job. They can smell remains up to 15 feet underground and almost up to 100 feet underwater. They can differentiate between the scent of animal and human remains, and because of their incredible sense of smell, they can pick up tiny traces of odor, including residual scents.<br /><br />Besides helping the police locate deceased remains, cadaver dogs also work with anthropologists to find burial sites.</span>
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<br />Dianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04844770908590556065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5132906716196351723.post-42203656782896599202023-04-12T10:34:00.001-04:002023-04-12T10:45:52.575-04:00Beau: Inspired Jimmy Stewart to Write a Poem<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Jimmy Stewart, American film and stage actor, wrote a heartfelt poem about his dog Beau after his beloved pet died.</span>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Jimmy Stewart loved dogs, and he and his wife Gloria had several throughout their long-time marriage. Stewart was especially fond of his golden retriever Beau, who would sleep in a corner of the bedroom at night, but would sometimes sneak onto the bed and lie between Stewart and Gloria. According to Stewart, "I know that I should have pushed him off the bed, but I didn't. He was up there because he wanted me to pat his head, so that's what I would do. Somehow, my touching his hair made him happier, and just the feeling of him laying against me helped me sleep better."<br /><br />When Beau became terminally ill and had to be euthanized, Stewart sat in his car, following the procedure, for ten minutes to clear his eyes of tears. He later recalled, "After he died there were a lot of nights when I was certain that I could feel him get into bed beside me and I would reach out and pat his head. The feeling was so real that I wrote a poem about it and about how much it hurt to realize that he wasn't going to be there anymore."<br /><br />The poem, titled Beau, was first recited on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson in 1981. As you will hear in his poem, Beau (like all his dogs) was not good at things like 'sit', 'stay' and 'come'. Stewart said, "The difference between 'trained OK' and 'trained perfectly' doesn't really matter all that much to me.... I suppose the truth is that I'd rather have a happy dog than a trained one."<br /><br />The poem starts out with humor and ends with sadness - with both Stewart and Carson trying their best to hold back tears.</span>
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<br />Dianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04844770908590556065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5132906716196351723.post-322432259856394342023-03-29T17:59:00.000-04:002023-03-29T17:59:50.329-04:00Tschingel: Famous Dog that Climbed the Alps<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">During her lifetime, Tschingel made 66 major ascents in the Alps - including 11 first ascents - in the 1860s and 70s.</span>
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<span style="font-size: large;">At the age of six months, Tschingel did her first ascent in 1865. She and her master, Swiss alpine guide Christian Almer, climbed to the summit of Tschingel Col (elevation 7562) - from which she took her name. After the climb, Tschingel acted as a watchdog at Christian's home in Grindelwald and gave birth to many puppies. It was not until the summer of 1868 that she began a career in mountain climbing.<br /><br />Christian and his son Ulrich were personal guides to Marguerite "Meta" Brevoort and her nephew William Coolidge. Meta, born in New York in 1825, began mountain climbing when she was about 40 years old and made a name for herself as a mountaineer in the late 1860s. Meta, William, the two guides and Tschingel did several first ascents in the Alps. The party called themselves the Tschingel Company.</span>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In July 1868, the company had to give up climbing the Eiger due to dangerous ground conditions. William was greatly disappointed by the failure so Christian gave Tschingel to him as a gift. William later wrote:<br /><br />"I do not clearly recollect hearing of Tschingel till July 11, 1868. That month Almer had for the first time become guide to my aunt, Miss Brevoort, and myself. On July 8 we all three made our first high climb together (the Wetterhorn) and on July 11 started from Little Scheidegg for the ascent of the Eiger. But the rocks (as often) were glazed, and we had to retreat. This disappointed me bitterly, for I was not quite eighteen years of age. Almer sympathised much with me, and so, as we were walking down that afternoon to Grindelwald, tried to comfort me by promising to give me his dog Tschingel, as one of her sons, Bello by name, was now able to act as his [Almer’s] watchdog."<br /><br />Tschingel's first great climb was the Blümlisalphorn (elevation 12,011 feet). It was also nearly her last climb. According to William "She was very tired and her paws were cut by the ice. On the final slope she slipped, being still an inexperienced climber, and began to slide down the snow slopes, but was luckily rescued by one of our porters, who caught hold of her collar in the nick of time." <br /><br />Tschingel's alpine skills improved as she continued to climb, and she had a "marvelous instinct for avoiding crevasses." In 1871, the company climbed the Eiger West Ridge, a very difficult ascent for a canine. "For the final ascent and for part of the descent she was roped. Although bleeding profusely in each of her paws she led the way over rocks and ice avoiding every crevasse. In short she was a born guide."<br /><br />Tschingel climbed 66 major summits and about a hundred minor ones. She loved climbing and would beam with joy when she neared a summit. In 1875, she was elected as an honorary member of the Alpine Club - the first "female" member, as human females were not accepted into the Club until 1975.<br /><br />Tschingel passed away in her sleep at home in England on June 16, 1879.</span>
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<br />Dianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04844770908590556065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5132906716196351723.post-60037407836604982702023-03-11T14:47:00.000-05:002023-03-11T14:47:29.549-05:00Danny: I Love Lucy's Fred<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Danny played the adorable puppy Fred on I Love Lucy in the sixth and final season.</span>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Danny, a cairn terrier, was owned by Frank Inn (1916 - 2002), an animal trainer who saved animals from being euthanized in shelters. He kept the ones with acting abilities, including <a href="https://dogs-in-history.blogspot.com/2017/07/higgins-from-shelter-dog-to-beloved.html" target="_blank">Higgins who played Benji</a>, and gave the others to friends and admirers as pets.<br /><br />In 1957, he appeared on I Love Lucy as Fred, a puppy Little Ricky brings home. Fred, the Ricardos' friend and landlord, complains when the dog howls all night (the howling done by a voice actor), and a tenant is outraged by the noise and demands he be sent away. But stingy Fred can't resist the cute little dog named after him and chooses to let the Ricardos keep the puppy over keeping the tenant and money.<br /><br />Danny also appeared in the film Pal Joey (1957) as Snuffy, the TV show Dennis the Menace (1959 - 1963) as Mr. Wilson's dog Fremont, the film Anatomy of Murder (1959) as Muffy, and the final Three Stooges short Sappy Bullfighters (1959) as Pepe.</span>
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<br />Dianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04844770908590556065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5132906716196351723.post-56239290283484418222023-03-09T13:26:00.002-05:002024-01-04T13:33:39.601-05:00St. Francis Makes a Pact with Dogs<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">St. Francis tames a wolf terrorizing the town of Gubbio and makes a pact with dogs to leave him alone.</span>
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<span style="font-size: large;">St. Francis saw all animals as brothers and sisters, and believed they should be treated as equals:</span>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>"If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who deal likewise with their fellow men. All creatures have the same source as we have. Like us, they derive the life of thought, love, and will from the Creator. Not to hurt our humble brethren is our first duty to them; but to stop there is a complete misapprehension of the intentions of Providence. We have a higher mission. God wishes that we should succour them whenever they require it."</i></span>
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<span style="font-size: large;">According to The Little Flowers of St. Francis, written by Brother Ugolino di Monte Santa Maria in the early 1300s, Francis of Assisi saved the Italian town of Gubbio from a ferocious wolf who was killing livestock and some of the people. The town was unable to kill the wolf so they went to see Francis to ask for his help - they had heard that God talked to him and he could talk to animals.<br /><br />Francis came to the town and and went out to confront the wolf. The wolf ran up to him with his jaws open and ready to attack. As the wolf came closer, Francis made the sign of the cross and said, "Come hither, brother wolf; I command thee, in the name of Christ, neither to harm me nor anybody else." At that moment, the wolf lowered its head and was as gentle as a lamb.<br /><br />Francis led the wolf to the town, and because the wolf had killed out of hunger, the townsfolk agreed to feed him and the dogs agreed to leave him alone. Everyone got along peacefully, and when the wolf died of old age two years later, the people of Gubbio mourned his loss greatly.</span>
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<br />Dianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04844770908590556065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5132906716196351723.post-48142522009588495052023-03-05T10:36:00.001-05:002024-01-04T13:37:42.744-05:00Jiggs the Fire Dog: From Slim and Friendly to Fat and Grumpy<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Jiggs, a once fit and friendly fire dog, became overweight from visiting too many restaurants, and grumpy when taken away from the restaurants and the horses.</span>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Jiggs was born in March of 1917 and was given to Brooklyn's Engine Company 205. He took a liking to the men, especially Engineer Thomas "Smoke" McEwan, and loved doing his job. When the bell rang, he would bark and jump with excitement, and easily keep up with the horses as they ran to the scene of the fire. He was a friendly dog but his enthusiasm got him into trouble a couple of times - once when he tried to become friends with a horse and getting booted through a window, and another when trying to slide down the pole and breaking his leg.<br /><br />For the first few years, Jiggs was at a healthy weight around 70 pounds, but then he made friends with chefs at nearby restaurants who loved giving him treats. In 1922, motorized engines replaced the horses and Jiggs was no longer getting his daily exercise. By 1923, with too many treats and not enough running, Jiggs weighed 118 pounds. He soon developed gout and was put on a strict diet. He lost some weight over a couple of months but soon regained it.</span>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In 1925, the company relocated to an area far from his favorite restaurants. The once "best natured dog in the world" became ill tempered, snapping at people, including children. He was considered a danger to the public and was put to sleep. Sadly, Smoke McEwan was on vacation and unable to be with Jiggs at the time of his death</span>
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<br />Dianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04844770908590556065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5132906716196351723.post-49953344899716058052023-01-29T09:15:00.001-05:002024-01-04T13:40:37.195-05:00Dogs: Norman Rockwell's Pets and Models<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Norman Rockwell loved dogs, as pets and as subjects in his artwork.</span>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Norman Rockwell was an American painter and illustrator. Many of his illustrations depicting real-life scenes appeared on the cover of The Saturday Evening Post for almost 50 years. He would use his own dogs and neighbors' dogs as models - a photographer would capture the dog's pose for Rockwell to draw.</span>
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<span style="font-size: large;">"Obtaining good photographs of animals for use in pictures is quite a test of your photography or, in my case, my photographer... The person taking the photographs must be extremely quick and ingenious because an animal may assume the pose you want for only a split second and you must be ready to snap the photograph at that unpredictable moment. I hold the animal where I hope he will assume the desired pose and my photographer focuses on him. Then I try to induce the model to take the desired pose. When he does I yell at the photographer to shoot. Sometimes the result is a blurred picture but other times I am lucky."<br /><br />Rockwell's own dogs would accompany him to the studio and lay alongside him as he worked. On one occasion, he had to go to Europe and leave his collie Raleigh behind. The dog missed him so much - he lost a lot of weight, his health deteriorated and his whiskers turned white. The veterinarian surely thought he would die. When Rockwell returned, he hand-fed Raleigh every two hours. The dog put on weight and perked up but his whiskers remained white. Rockwell told Raleigh he would never leave him alone again if he would let his whiskers get back to their natural color. After a few weeks, his whiskers were dark again, and Rockwell never left him alone again.</span>
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<br />Dianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04844770908590556065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5132906716196351723.post-68986727818894250842022-12-23T09:19:00.000-05:002022-12-23T09:19:09.281-05:00Geoffrey and Stanley: Appear with Hitchcock in The Birds<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Alfred Hitchcock is known to have owned at least four Sealyham terriers in his lifetime - Mr. Jenkins, Geoffrey, Stanley and Sarah.</span>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hitchcock loved and pampered his terriers. According to Hilton Green, assistant director of Psycho, "...those dogs ate better than most people in the world. I mean, he would go to the store and get the finest cut of meat and have them ground it up for these dogs. They were wonderful! He would bring them to work. They would be in his office, and he loved them dearly."<br /><br />In his film The Birds, Hitchcock did a cameo appearance with Geoffrey and Stanley. He can be seen walking his terriers out of a pet shop as Melanie Daniels (played by Tippi Hedren) enters.</span>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hitchcock also named his production company for the film Marnie after his two terriers - Geoffrey Stanley Productions.</span>
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<br />Dianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04844770908590556065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5132906716196351723.post-43206239225302109402022-10-04T15:34:00.000-04:002022-10-04T15:34:24.855-04:00Eleanor Ritchey's Dogs Inherit Millions<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">More than 150 dogs, once homeless, inherit over $4 million when their owner dies.</span>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Eleanor Ritchey, the heiress of the Quaker State Refining Corporation, was not fond of people, but she did love dogs. When growing up, she was not allowed to have one. As she got older, she would care for aging family members. She never married or had children. When her mother passed away in 1960, when Eleanor was 50 years old, she started bringing homeless dogs into her life. Hired help would drive her around in her Cadillac as she searched for them. When the number of dogs grew, so did her land. Eventually, she had 150 dogs on 180 acres.<br /><br />When Eleanor passed away in 1968, all her wealth went to her dogs to ensure the lifetime care of them. When the last dog, Musketeer, died in 1984, the money (which had grown to almost $12 million) went to Auburn University to fund veterinary research.</span>
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<br />Dianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04844770908590556065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5132906716196351723.post-64482527198518880892022-07-31T10:38:00.000-04:002022-07-31T10:38:06.304-04:00Mysterious Dog Graves in Israel<span style="font-size: large;">An ancient dog burial ground was discovered some 30 years ago. Today, researchers still don't know why humans have buried so many dogs in one place during a short period of time.</span>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Archeologists discovered some 1,400 dog graves scattered around the Israeli port city of Ashkelon. The burials spanned a period of about eight decades during the fifth and fourth centuries BC when Ashkelon was part of the Persian Empire. The number of dog burials are believed to be much higher, but due to the erosion of the site by the sea the original number cannot be established. Two-thirds of the skeletal remains found were puppies.<br /><br />According to archeologist Daniel Master, "The dog cemetery at Tel Ashkelon is a mystery, but despite the many artifacts discovered in the archaeological excavations, we have no clue to why people who lived in the Old City thousands of years ago decided to bury thousands of dogs in a short period of time." He believes the dogs were street dogs and not pets, and the cause of death was not sacrificial. He also says there isn't any evidence that they were diseased. "If it were a disease, we might have expected a whole bunch of dogs to die at once. It wasn’t a situation where you have a mass grave." He believes the deaths were more likely due to natural causes.<br /><br />According to zoo archeologist Deirdre Fulton, "These dogs had an association, they are buried in places near occupations, near where people are living and they are burying them. I would say that the way they tucked their heads and tails shows that they do have some sort of connection to the animal. There’s something more to it."<br /><br />The ancient skeletons are kept in closed containers in warehouses at the site, away from the public eye, awaiting further research so maybe one day the mystery can be solved.</span>
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<br />Dianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04844770908590556065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5132906716196351723.post-89061822257111582792022-07-29T15:11:00.000-04:002022-07-29T15:11:23.840-04:00North America's First Domesticated Dogs<span style="font-size: large;">According to a study of ancient and modern dog DNA, "American dogs were not derived from North American wolves. Instead, American dogs form a monophyletic lineage that likely originated in Siberia and dispersed into the Americas alongside people."</span>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Data revealed that the earliest dogs in North America arrived here already domesticated more than 10,000 years ago with man as he migrated to North America from Asia across the Bering Strait. The dogs were raised, bred and trained to hunt, herd, haul and protect families. In some tribes, families could have up to 30 dogs.<br /><br />When European settlers arrived in the "new" world, the native dogs soon vanished - sometime after the 15th century. It is believed that their demise was likely due to a mix of disease, cultural persecution and biological changes. "It is fascinating that a population of dogs that inhabited many parts of the Americas for thousands of years, and that was an integral part of so many Native American cultures, could have disappeared so rapidly," said Laurent Frantz, an evolutionary geneticist.<br /><br />According to researchers, "native dogs left little to no genetic trace of their existence on the modern dog population." A similar relationship between the native dogs and modern Eurasian Arctic dogs like the Siberian husky were found, but none appear to be direct descendants. "We still have some Neanderthal in us. But modern dogs don't have that ancient American dog DNA left in them," said Angela Perri, a zoo archaeologist.</span>
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<br />Dianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04844770908590556065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5132906716196351723.post-34597357453187536642022-06-06T09:52:00.001-04:002023-10-24T09:32:57.139-04:00Lena: Held World Record for Largest Litter of Puppies<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">According to the American Kennel Club, "A normal litter size can range from 1 to 12 puppies, with 5-6 puppies being average across all dogs." On June 19, 1944, Lena (an American foxhound) gave birth to 23 healthy puppies in Ambler, Pennsylvania.</span>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Two dogs later tied her record, but not all of their puppies survived. A St. Bernard gave birth to 23 puppies in 1975 and nine of them died, and a Great Dane gave birth to 23 puppies in 1987 and only 16 survived.<br /><br />The Guinness World Record for the largest litter today is 24 puppies, all of whom were born in 2004 to a Neapolitan mastiff named Tia in the UK. They were born by </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span>Caesarean</span> section. One was still born and three died in the first week.</span>
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<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikD_FayugAE09UCxekHb8bjV31mnLEQW5vi1W3_EMW7mJn2kTLcmdxOChM0mqyN5ePu_A_rSGyUC8PmgCdjuJaLrZvu5fqo8C7GuCvprl8U_tyYTUDo3PWlX0LQE3EHcRiaek7UfSMNoKAoMmmuTjY5ldN77oddmpCnMCHGA3wUADiUnk-YuFx_d9P/s400/foxhound-pups.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="307" data-original-width="400" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikD_FayugAE09UCxekHb8bjV31mnLEQW5vi1W3_EMW7mJn2kTLcmdxOChM0mqyN5ePu_A_rSGyUC8PmgCdjuJaLrZvu5fqo8C7GuCvprl8U_tyYTUDo3PWlX0LQE3EHcRiaek7UfSMNoKAoMmmuTjY5ldN77oddmpCnMCHGA3wUADiUnk-YuFx_d9P/s320/foxhound-pups.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Lena with her healthy 5 month old puppies</span></td></tr></tbody></table>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Today, Lena is known for having had the largest litter of puppies to survive.</span>
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