Kitten adopted a family with two little girls who named him Oreo. Very happy for the little demon. And I miss him. The last two vids I put together of him are here and here. We now return you to your regularly scheduled life.
Happy Mother’s Day
Country Life Illustrated, January 23, 1897 It looks like mom glued the babies' feet to the floor for the picture. Source: Animal life and the world of nature: a magazine of natural history throughout the world, Volume I, July 1902 - June 1903 Source: Animal life and the world of nature: a magazine of natural … Continue reading Happy Mother’s Day
Where I’ve Been
Sorry for missing last week's post but my world was upended due to [dramatic music] Unexpected Kitten. No one expects the Unexpected Kitten A mama cat had a litter of three on the property (opposite side of the fence from the dog area) and they seemed to be doing well. I was checking on them … Continue reading Where I’ve Been
Vintage Dogs: Smols
Country Life Illustrated, January 23, 1897 The Breeder and Sportsman, December 13, 1902 Country-side, May 1913 Why not? Vanity Fair, August 1916 Vanity Fair, January 1917 Vanity Fair, February 1917 Vanity Fair, February 1917 Vanity Fair, March 1917 Vanity Fair, March 1917 Vanity Fair, May 1917 Vanity Fair, May 1917 Source: Williams, L. (1919). A … Continue reading Vintage Dogs: Smols
Vintage Dog Ads
The inspiration for the Beastie Boys song, presumably. The Breeder and Sportsman, October 25, 1902 Improved mollycoddles! This Spratt's ad includes an illustration depicting the St. Bernard stalls at a dog show. Spratt's was contracted to feed and otherwise look after the dogs at many shows around the turn of the century. Image source: Eberhart, … Continue reading Vintage Dog Ads
Vintage Dogs: Oddball III
Country Life July 13, 1901 Lady Warwick holding a baby anteater and a collie who doesn't look too happy about the arrangement. From Country Life, September 21, 1901. I assume "found at birth" is a euphemism for the Count killing the cub's mother. From Country Life, October 12, 1901. Country Life, December 28, 1901 Country … Continue reading Vintage Dogs: Oddball III
Born on This Day: Bette Davis
Actress, icon and dog lover Bette Davis was born on April 5, 1908, in Lowell, Massachusetts. As lifetime president of the Tailwaggers Society, a canine care and advocacy organization in southern California, she hosted a fundraising event in 1938. Numerous Hollywood stars attended and the fundraiser was well covered by the press. This puppy was raffled, … Continue reading Born on This Day: Bette Davis
More Random Vintage Dogs
Sussex spaniels, brother and sister, from the kennel of Campbell Newington in Suffolk, pictured in Country Life, October 15, 1904 The Breeder and Sportsman, October 30, 1909 A little Scottie poetry for your consideration: Country-side, June 1913 Vanity Fair, July 1916 Wycollar Boy, a wire fox terrier owned by Mrs. Roy A. Rainey in Vanity … Continue reading More Random Vintage Dogs
Vintage Puppies
Fox terriers having a meal and fending off an interested party from outside the family. Country Life Illustrated, January 23, 1897 Caniculus. (1903, March 7). Mrs. Kilburn Scott's Samoyeds, Country Life, pp. 300-302 Country Life, December 5, 1903 Country Life, December 19, 1903 The Country-Side, March 27, 1909 Well! Source: Williams, L. (1919). A manual … Continue reading Vintage Puppies
Vintage Show Dogs
Champion Rupso pictured in Country-side, May 1913 Best in Show winner at the Ladies Kennel Association Image from Vanity Fair, August 1916 Vanity Fair, August 1916 Vanity Fair, September 1916 Vanity Fair, October 1916 Vanity Fair, November 1916 Vanity Fair, November 1916 Vanity Fair, March 1917 Vanity Fair, April 1917 Vanity Fair, April 1917 A … Continue reading Vintage Show Dogs
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