Forest and Stream, January 19, 1882Breeder and Sportsman, March 21, 1885Breeder and Sportsman, March 28, 1885Dogdom, July 1903Greyhound death in Breeder and Sportsman, October 31, 1903Boston terrier death in Dogdom, June 1909Photo of the dog mentioned above in a classified ad from Dogdom, February 1908Perhaps the motto should have been PUT UP A GODDAMN FENCE SO YOUR DOGS DON’T KEEP GETTING THEIR HEADS CHOPPED OFF BY THE TRAINS. From Dogdom, October 1909Collie death in The Dog Fancier, February 1913Bloodhound death in The Dog Fancier, May 1913The Dog Fancier, August 1913
In the same issue, another report of a bull terrier death in Seattle, this dog being a litter sister to one of the poisoned dogs pictured above:
The Dog Fancier, August 1913The Dog Fancier, August 1913The Dog Fancier, August 1913Photo of the dog mentioned above which appeared in Dogdom, March 1909The Dog Fancier, August 1913Photo of the dog mentioned in previous image from House and Garden, January 1908Bulldog death in Dogdom, January 1914Two excerpts from a bull terrier death announcement in The Dog Fancier, November 1921Pictured on the right is the dog mentioned in the previous image. From Dogdom, April 1916
Reading this is impossible. Overwhelming sadness. But thank you anyway, history is history, necessary to know.
It is sad, yes. But I think of it as a way of acknowledging that these dogs lived.