Educated Dogs

Funny from 1875!

Vintage Dog Photos

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/gallery/2011/jul/18/vintage-dog-photography-in-pictures#/?picture=376984044&index=0

Dogdom Monthly - Advertisement of Dog Books 1909

Advertisement from one of the 1909 issues of Dogdom Monthly, which includes a selection of dog books: 

Bearded Collies - Historical Website

Browsing through some herding dog websites I found the following which I thought had some interesting photos of the Bearded Collie from the early 1900's:

http://www.shepherdswithbeardies.com/History/Timeline/1900-1919/1900-1919.htm

Although not an expert,  when I have attended all-breed dog shows in the United States, the Bearded Collie people are an interesting bunch.  Sitting in the background with my own dogs who are not Bearded Collies and somewhat removed from the show ring, I have had an opportunity to watch some of the different groups of dog people.  The Bearded Collie fanciers tend to casually congregate with their dogs and do not seem to notice the world around them.  They also do not seem to notice or care who else is in the nearby show rings. However, the Beardies themselves, not their owners, manifest an attentiveness to their surroundings which their owners do not appear to exhibit.  The persona of the Bearded Collie people is that of a jovial group which is a characteristic shared with their dog breed.

Kate Abbott Sanborn-American Author

Kate Sanborn (1839-1917) was a New Englander from New Hampshire.  She wrote a number of books beween 1869 and 1916.  Only one of those books was about dogs and that was her last book written in 1916:  Educated Dogs of To-Day.  The early 1900's was a time when very few books about dogs were written by women.  The subject matter covers primarily service dogs.  Although the book does not address training techniques directly, the various types of service dogs which were common in 1916  are discussed.  There are some sections that review hunting dogs and popular hunting venues for that era.  The book includes interesting quotes at the beginning of each chapter, as well as, old photos.  My guess is that Miss Sanborn found a temporary niche during war time to write and publish the book.  In general, dog books written by women did not begin to appear in the United States until the 1920's and remained scarce until years later.

She was known for other types of books such as The Wit of Women (1885) and Adopting an Abandoned Farm (1888).  Her career was teaching of English Literature and writing/editing in New Hampshire, St. Louis, MO, Massachussetts, and New York City.  She was a professor at Smith College in Massachussetts between 1880 and 1883.  Her papers and letters are archived at Smith College. 

Vinton P. Breese - Painter

Birth

1879 (Newark, New Jersey)

Death

1940 (Orange, New Jersey)

 

 

Painter specializing in dogs.

American Kennel Club

Brittany History in the United States

Last year my brief introduction to the topic after review of some information in the public domain.
Around this time in 2011, I contacted the French Brittany Club in France to inquire about details of the introduction of the Brittany into the USA:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qUk66WVytY4s3Ad8vXXYyQtL-1Bfskr1QDiLkyYUV6Q/edit

100 Year Anniversary - Brittany dog show video fom Rennes, France (1946?) taken by New Yorker Alan Stuyvesant:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nACmdRqA0u4&feature=g-user-u

(Posted on YouTube by BretonFan)

Both Alan Stuvesant and separately Louis Thebaud of New Jersey were key for the introduction of the Brittany into the United States and the American Kennel Club in the 1930's.

Prior to this in the 1919-1920 timeframe, Thebaud was principally responsible for introducing the Wire-Haired Pointing Griffon into the United States and developing an American breed standard: 

http://archive.org/stream/dogdommonthly00unkngoog#page/n123/mode/2up

He owned Pointing Griffon champion in 1920:  Marquis De Merlimont, AKC Registration;