Showing posts with label companions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label companions. Show all posts
7/11/24

Mr. Barbo: Mount Equinox's Beloved Dog

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Thousands visit Mr. Barbo's gravesite every year atop Mount Equinox in beautiful Vermont. Joseph George Davidson was a chemist a...
5/14/24

Flush: Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Dog

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning, an English poet of the Victorian era, loved dogs and was inspired to write a 20-stanza poem about her beloved c...
3/3/24

Dogs in Charles Lindbergh's Life

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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 ...
11/14/23

Pet Dogs Belonging to the Donner Party

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Emigrants in the Donner Party had to resort to desperate measures during a difficult time. In April 1846, the Donner Party - a group...
4/12/23

Beau: Inspired Jimmy Stewart to Write a Poem

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Jimmy Stewart, American film and stage actor, wrote a heartfelt poem about his dog Beau after his beloved pet died. Jimmy Stewart playi...
1/29/23

Dogs: Norman Rockwell's Pets and Models

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Norman Rockwell loved dogs, as pets and as subjects in his artwork. Norman Rockwell was an American painter and illustrator. Many of...
12/23/22

Geoffrey and Stanley: Appear with Hitchcock in The Birds

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Alfred Hitchcock is known to have owned at least four Sealyham terriers in his lifetime - Mr. Jenkins, Geoffrey, Stanley and Sarah. ...
10/4/22

Eleanor Ritchey's Dogs Inherit Millions

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More than 150 dogs, once homeless, inherit over $4 million when their owner dies. Eleanor Ritchey, the heiress of the Quaker State R...
4/23/22

Charley: John Steinbeck's Traveling Companion

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Charley, a "blue" standard poodle, accompanied John Steinbeck on his journey across the United States. Charles le Chien, a...
4/3/22

Como tu: Solves Master's Murder

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According to a 19th century German true crime anthology, Como tu helped solve his master's murder. One Saturday in the 1800s, a ...
8/7/21

Wessex: Thomas Hardy's Disobedient Dog

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Thomas Hardy loved Wessex despite his mischievous ways, and even wrote two famous poems about him. Wessex, Wessie for short, was boug...
7/8/21

Mister: Billie Holiday's Canine Soul-Mate

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Billie Holiday (born Eleanora Fagan and nicknamed Lady Day) loved dogs and had many during her life, including a poodle, a Great Dane, Chih...
3/16/21

Marilyn Monroe and Her Dog Maf

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Marilyn Monroe loved dogs and had many throughout her life. Maf was one who outlived her. Maf, a Maltese terrier, was sometimes desc...
12/22/20

Old Drum: Man's Best Friend

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It was the closing argument, A Tribute to the Dog, at Old Drum's trial that coined the phrase "man's best friend". Mo...
11/17/20

Martha: Inspired Paul McCartney

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Martha My Dear, a song on the English rock band's only double album The Beatles (aka the White Album), was named after Paul McCartney...
8/30/20

Dormie: A Rich Man's Dog Tried for Cat Murder

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Dormie made history in 1921 when he was tried for the murder of 14 cats in San Francisco, California. Dormie being paw printed before...
8/29/20

Strider: Robert Plant's Blue-Eyed Merle Dog

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Strider, Robert Plant's collie with blue eyes and a mottled merle coat, was the inspiration to Led Zeppelin's song Bron-Y-Aur Stomp...
8/12/20

Peps: Richard Wagner's Favorite Music Critic

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Wilhelm Richard Wagner, a 19th century German composer and animal lover, would take advice from his dog Peps when composing his music, incl...
5/30/20

Michelangelo's Pomeranian

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It is said that the great Italian sculptor and painter Michelangelo (1475-1564) owned a Pomeranian, and the dog would sit on a satin pi...
5/4/20

Dog Comforts Mary, Queen of Scots at Execution

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Mary, Queen of Scots had always been fond of little dogs, and even managed to have one by her side at the time of her brutal ending. ...