Life goes on, even in wartime, and so it was with purebred dogs during World War I. Here are various snippets from the era, illustrating some of the effects of the war on the dog fancy. A view of World War I from prominent dog fancier James Watson in Country Life in America, November 1914 … Continue reading The Dog Fancy: World War I

Glasse, J.A. (1908, April). Scotch terriers. House and Garden, pp. 13-14. Leighton, R. (1907). The new book of the dog. London, England: Cassell The Bellingham Herald (Bellingham, Washington) · May 29, 1910 Dogdom, September 1912 Dogdom, February 1913 Dogdom, March 1916 Article from Dogdom, December 1916 Fuertes, L.A. (1919). The book of dogs. Washington, D.C.: The National … Continue reading Vintage Black and Tan Terriers

Dogdom, March 1912 Dogdom, May 1912 Dogdom, July 1912 Dogdom, July 1912 Dogdom, July 1912 Dogdom, October 1912 Dogdom, December 1912 Dogdom, June 1916 Dogdom, June 1916 Dogdom, October 1916 Dogdom, October 1916 Dogdom, December 1916 The Philadelphia Inquirer,(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) 17 Aug 1919, Sun  •  Page 23 Fuertes, L.A. (1919). The book of dogs. Washington, D.C.: The National … Continue reading Vintage Dogs and People III

I hate to say it but bulldog breeders have apparently never been right. Structurally unsound doesn't even begin to cover the bulldog. Exhibit A, two photos of this unfortunate animal: The Dog Fancier, July 1916 The Dog Fancier, August 1916 Looking back at earlier photographs of the breed, it wasn't good then either: Leighton, R. … Continue reading Vintage Bulldogs

House dogs. (1908, January). House and Garden, pp. 35-38 Dogdom, October 1912 The Field, December 1914 Article in Dogdom, December 1916 The Dog Fancier, March 1918 7 month old white collie in The Dog Fancier, April 1918 Another 7 month old in The Dog Fancier, July 1918 The Dog Fancier, July 1918 The Dog Fancier, … Continue reading More Vintage White Collies

Dogdom, June 1912 Dogdom, July 1912 Dogdom, August 1912 Dogdom, August 1912 Dogdom, December 1912 Dogdom, December 1912 Dogdom, December 1912 Dogdom, January 1913 Dogdom, February 1913 Dogdom, February 1913 Lemmon, R.S. (1916, January). The barking dog. House and Garden, p. 54 Hayford, M.E. (1916, June). The working collie. House and Garden, p. 23 Tucker, … Continue reading Vintage Women and Their Dogs V

Carlton, F.T. (1910, July). Toy and other small dogs. House and Garden, pp. 4-5. A.G. (1911, October). The pekingese spaniel. House and Garden, pp. 204-207. Dogdom, April 1912 The legend of the pekinese. (1916, January). House and Garden, p. 70 Dogdom, February 1913 Two images from Dogdom, February 1913 Dogdom, March 1916 Dogdom, March 1916 … Continue reading Vintage Pekingese

The magazine House and Garden ran a series in 1916 that included a brief breed profile and a list of breeders of the featured breed. Here are several of the entries: House and Garden, February 1916 House and Garden, March 1916 House and Garden, April 1916 House and Garden, April 1916 House and Garden, May … Continue reading Dog Content from House and Garden, 1916

For anyone wondering why I regularly focus on women in my posts on the dog fancy around the turn of the century, it's because misogyny is real. Consider this ad for a dog magazine that ran in The second annual bench show of dogs, official catalogue by The Butterfly Bench Show Association in 1896: As … Continue reading Vintage Women and Their Kennels