Fancy poodle clips are not really my thing but at least they left much of the coat on the dog in this one.Source: Sewell, A.J. (1907). The dog's medical dictionary. London, England: George Routledge & Sons, Limited Lytton, J. (1911). Toy dogs and their ancestors. New York, New York: D. Appleton and Company Dogdom, October … Continue reading Vintage Show Dogs XII

Dogdom, February 1914 In addition to transporting this pomeranian from England to the U.S. in 1914, the Lusitania was famously sunk by a German U-boat the following year off the coast of Ireland. Of the one thousand nine hundred sixty two passengers and crew members, nearly twelve hundred were lost including one hundred twenty eight … Continue reading Vintage Dogs: A Lick of History

James, G.B., Jr. (1894). The dog and how to breed, train and keep him. Boston, Massachusetts: Walnut Publishing Co An image used to represent the "red (or brown) and white poodle", described as having limited ticking. Source: Huntington, H.W. (1901). The show dog. Providence, RI: Remington Printing Co Lytton, J. (1911). Toy dogs and their … Continue reading Vintage Show Dogs: Brace III

Shields, G.O. (1891). The American book of the dog. Chicago, Illinois: Rand, McNally & Company Mastiffs in Forest and Stream, August 4, 1894 Sewell, A.J. (1907). The dog's medical dictionary. London, England: George Routledge & Sons, Limited Lytton, J. (1911). Toy dogs and their ancestors. New York, New York: D. Appleton and Company Lytton, J. … Continue reading Vintage Dog Photos: Random IV

Yes I'm sort of shoehorning this fella in, hopefully no one minds. Picture portion from an ad in the back pages of the book: Turpin, B.S. (1900). The beagle and the field trials. Baltimore, Maryland: F.J. Skinner The full ad referenced in previous image. Above five images from: Lytton, J. (1911). Toy dogs and their … Continue reading Vintage Dogs: Smols III

I love history, as some readers may have picked up on at this point. And today's offering is just a quick bit of the kind of thing that makes me say, "How about that?" when I come across it during my research. I might make this a regular thing, if there are no objections. Dogdom, … Continue reading Vintage Dogs: A Lick of History

Source: Webb, H. (1872). Dogs: their points, whims, instincts, and peculiarities. London, England: Dean & Son Source: Anon. (1886, April 8). The New Haven dog show. Forest and Stream, p. 210 Shields, G.O. (1891). The American book of the dog. Chicago, Illinois: Rand, McNally & Company Source for three images of Bunthorne:Lytton, J. (1911). Toy … Continue reading Vintage Toy Spaniels