Hoyden R.

And another from that VET grouping of dogs and handlers all lined up.

Once again, the same General Lieutenant as above, inspecting working dogs & their handlers.

The same General Lieutenant as the picture with the Boxer with a couple Doberman pups

Undoubtedly this boxer is someone's pet, but I had to have this picture and it also came in a set of photos that were from a Veterinary school.

Norwich Free Academy is a "private" high school in Norwich, CT that pre-dates the American Civil War. It has an Art Museum, Planetarium and Observatory on Campus. For me the big draw was the language program, I was able to take Italian 3, French 3, Latin 2 and Russian 1 all at the same time. I loved it. Norwich University indeed has some HUGE class rings. I was actually accepted into the Military College of Vermont, went up to spend four days with others who were accepted after getting into the Naval Academy as an alternate. Unfortunately, I did not attend either to my great regret.

If I go back into Advertising & marketing, I will keep you in mind. I let Paul know you'll get to his picture soon. He's been super busy with studying and getting us ready to move.

I still have my high school ring from Norwich Free Academy. 10k gold from Balfour. I wear it once in awhile, but not often because it is a larger heavy ring on a small hand. It does have the distinction of being the only gold ring that I have not mangled beyond recognition because it is so heavy.

Absolutely stunning arrangement of that collection. Your fiance did a good job. I especially appreciate the inclusion of Saint Nicholas and Saint Serafim Sarovski into the frame. (On a side note, I was very pleased that I could read and understand a good deal of the Russian, I've been working on it.) I find it very interesting that the clubs have created such beautiful commemorative pins to memorialize the KYPCK while the government has not issued any.

Wow! Paul R asked me if I had seen this topic and it was hard to imagine this done with a pencil and color pencils. From the standpoint of someone who used to create print ads, billboards, TV commercials & other adverts, your talent surpasses that of many of the artists we paid a pretty penny to to draw components of our print ads. Really.

Another from my collection

A nice little document that I picked up

Both! I have pets, military mascots and working dogs. Usually, what catches my eye and prompts me to buy pictures is the relationship between the dog and it's handler.

Thank you!!

Hi Joe, Thank you for the photos. Before I met my husband, I was only collecting photos in which I could see the dog collars in as I make dog collars and I am very very knowledgeable about them due to my endless research on them. I can date paintings and photographs by the dog collars on the dogs. I've been told that next to the curator of the Dog Collar Museum at Leeds Castle in England, I am the most knowledgeable person on the subject. I'd love to be put into contact with John. I'd share my photos with him if they would be of use to him. I am currently editing hundreds of pictures for Col. Scott Pritchett's next book or I would offer to help him with his dog book. My husband introduced me to another dog picture and document collector whom my friends have enviously dubbed my "Canadian Dog Father" (a pun on Fairy God Mother) who has broadened my collecting horizons quite a bit. Of course, my husband has encouraged and enabled my collecting. :-)

This is one of those photos that came with a group of other photos. Something about this dog just caught my attention. Maybe it's the bandage on his ear? Maybe the soulful look in his eyes? He is a beautiful dog. I just love this photo.

Frederick the Great died in 1786, so it is not likely that our modern working dogs had their lineage traced back to his time. In that time period, breeders were just beginning to breed like to like to form specific breeds. Earlier dog breeders tended to breed the best dog for the job to the best female dog for the job in hopes of producing more dogs that could do that job at hand. The German Shepherd breed had it's beginnings in the mid to late 1800's depending on which source you check. The earliest club to record the lineage of the dogs that still exists today is The Verein fur Deutche Schaferhunde which was founded in 1899 after the demise of the Phylax Society in 1894. The Bunderssieger Zuchtschau has been held every year since 1899 with dogs entering from all around the world. If you click the link and have a look, you can see the great difference between the early German Shepherd dogs and the modern abominations with spinal deformities. It is truly heartbreaking to see. Another working breed used by the Germans are the Airedale terriers, which where bred in the later part of the 1800's by crossing a Black & Tan Terrier (Welsh Terrier) to an Otterhound with some Bull and Terrier thrown in for good measure. The Doberman breed was developed around 1890 by Karl Friedrich Louis Dobermann to protect him as he was the Tax Collector and needed protection from bandits and the like.

Another favorite. One brother is a tanker so I am told. The verdict is still out as to whether this is a shaved German Shepherd dog or a Belgian Malinois.

Another of the NCO(?) with their dogs. I love the solid black dog in the lower right hand side.

These two are rather interesting, in the first picture, you see the German NCO inspecting one dog. In the second, you see the other dog's reaction to agitation or intentional provocation with a newspaper.

As much as I love working dogs, I love seeing canine unit mascots too. I found this gem at the Bay Area Militaria show and just HAD to have it. It has a pit bull dog as the unit mascot for this WWI Staff Officer photo. The picture has Armory penciled on it. I'll be adding more to this thread as I scan pictures.

Please do!!! Maybe I can convince my husband to buy me a new pretty? lol

I would love to see them. I scanned a few things today, but I need to resize and watermark them so I can post them.

That is a BEAUTIFUL pin! Where did you find it? I make leather dog collars, I love that border!! Yes. That is the same breed of dog. The dog that I posted does not have as much flews (the floppy jowls hanging from the top of the mouth) as the one in your pin, but it is indeed the same dog breed. Danes were not commonly the butcher or the midden dogs. Those were typically smaller bulldog or mixed type dogs. I have a good deal of documentation about them as they are progenitor of the pit bull terrier breed, my heart breed of dog. The butcher or midden dogs can be traced back to the middle ages accurately. As to guarding the back door, that would be something that this dog would do. They are a guardian breed.

Yes! It most certainly was a powerful dog. It was used for hunting boar and as a guard dog. There are some really awesome paintings in several museums of Danes. They were ofter referred to as the the "Danish Hunting Hound" in older manuscripts. Yep. He is THAT big. Think indoor pony big, probably 36 - 40 inches at the withers/shoulders.

WE see lots of German Shepherds, some Malinois, a few Dobermans and an airedale here or there, but I haven't seen many Deutsche Dogge with their owners. For that reason, I HAD to have this picture. Note that this dog is what the modern Great Dane -used- to look like, powerful, heavy, muscular and well balanced before the show dog people mucked them all up.