Multnomah County Animal Services in Oregon has a long and troubled history. A county audit in 2016 found that records were severely lacking, including intake and outcome information on thousands of animals and the use of euthanasia drugs. Other serious problems included insufficient staff to properly feed, clean and exercise animals, staff not trained to … Continue reading Multnomah County Animal Services: Audited to Death
Two YouTube Videos on No Kill Related Topics
YouTube Shorts, if you haven't already come across them, are videos less than sixty seconds in length. Here's one I did about shelters being "full to the max". And here's a longer, group discussion about a podcast Nathan and Jennifer Winograd did on Henry Bergh. Newt with the best spot on the couch.
Vintage Dog Book on the Belvoir Hounds
The 1898 book by Cuthbert Bradley, The reminiscences of Frank Gillard (huntsman) with the Belvoir hounds, 1860 to 1896, contains numerous sketches and paintings, most by the author and Basil Nightingale. Here is a selection of images: No one ever calls me Sluggard. Source for all images: Bradley, C. (1898). The reminiscences of Frank Gillard … Continue reading Vintage Dog Book on the Belvoir Hounds
Vintage Beagles VI
Three beagle pups napping by Marie H. Guise Newcomb, 1893 Experiences such as this, and worse, while shipping dogs by rail to shows were not uncommon around the turn of the century. From Forest and Stream, October 6, 1894. Forest and Stream, November 17, 1894 Country Life Illustrated, March 27, 1897 An anecdote regarding the … Continue reading Vintage Beagles VI
Video: Are Pitbulls Good Pets?
Vintage Dog Ads XII
Turf, Field and Farm, July 9, 1897 Turf, Field and Farm, July 9, 1897 An ad in the back pages of the book: Huntington, H.W. (1897). My dog and I. New York, NY: Caxton Press Enlarged image of the upper left corner of the ad above. Forest and Stream, October 20, 1906 Dogdom, June 1911 … Continue reading Vintage Dog Ads XII
Vintage Dogs: More Head Studies
Turf, Field and Farm, December 1, 1899 A beautiful foxhound from: Anon. (1910, December 17). The Holderness hounds. Country Life, pp. 905-908 Dogdom, March 1911 Haynes, W. (March 1915). Real Irish. House and Garden, pp. 165-167 Two photos by R.W. Tauskey from the article:Haynes, W. (March 1917). The noble Dane. House and Garden, p. 38 … Continue reading Vintage Dogs: More Head Studies
Video: What is a Culture of Lifesaving?
Foxhounds in Country Life
Country Life magazine profiled several packs of foxhounds, the equivalent of royalty in England's canine world, in 1910. Last week, I posted images of the Belvoir hounds. Here are a number of photos from the articles on other packs: (1) (2) (3, 4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9, 10) (11) (12, 13) (14) (15) (16) … Continue reading Foxhounds in Country Life
Video: Happy New Year
