Dogs Make News
Dogs made the news regularly in times past. Two stories that took place within a couple of years of each other caught my attention: “Dog Falls 800 Feet, Lives” ran […]
Working Dogs
General George Custer and his Many Dogs
General George Custer loved his dogs, and he had many of them. Throughout much of his military career, a good number of his dogs accompanied him everywhere. He had so
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The German Shepherd: From Sheep Dog to Dog of Many Skills
The German shepherd is known today as a handsome, well-built dog with high intelligence and strong loyalty. The breed has been used successfully as a police dog, a seeing eye
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Gold Rush Dogs Traveled via Shipboard
Dogs were very much a part of the California gold rush. While it is easy to see how dogs would be brought along by hopeful miners traveling west on horseback
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Seaman, A Newfoundland Dog Who Accompanied Lewis and Clark
Lewis and Clark’s Corps of Discovery Expedition was commissioned by President Thomas Jefferson shortly after the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. Jefferson asked Captain Meriwether Lewis to head up a select
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