War Dog. Image from the British Museum
Man’s best friend, the dog. And its no wonder , dogs are loyal, wonderful company, and can be hard working creatures when required. Over time they have been trained to be loyal domestic pets, and guard that protect us. They have been trained to hunt, to work, to herd sheep, to work in crime as sniffer dogs, they have been used in battle, in the Redcross, and they have been used as guide dogs. Their versatility and usefulness in life is endless.
Most of us however just love our dogs, be they bright and intelligent , beautiful and useful, or just plain old average dogs, we love them because they love us unconditionally!
Hope you enjoy these vintage images of dogs. Not all are from my collection of old post cards.
Little Girl With Dogs. C1884
Working Dogs On Gaspe Pensulia Quebec Canada
Dog Cart
Girl With puppy Dogs. C 1910
German Post card. Family Feeding Cows Surrounded By Hunting Dogs.
Caption on card says,
Peasants With Dogs And Cart.
Belgian Post Card. Flemish Dairy On Wheels Being Inspected By Milk Inspector. C 1908.
Guard Dog On The English Trenches.
Red Cross Dog. German Post Car
German Post Card. C 1902
Girl With Her Dog.
Girl And Her Dog.
This last post card is one of my favourites.
aliceflynn
August 23, 2012
I love these! It makes me miss my old Samoyed who passed away a couple years ago. He LOVED to pull, which made walking him a challenge, but we could harness him to the snow sled and he would happily pull my son on the sled.
Bernadette
August 23, 2012
That sounds wonderful, I’m sure your son loved that! My son used to dress up in his cowboy suit, and sit on our retriever’s back and pretend it was his horse, don’t know how the poor dog put up with him, but Golden Retrieves are like that, wonderful dogs.
philosophermouseofthehedge
August 29, 2012
So very sweet. I remember paintings in similar style to these in ancient relatives homes when we visited. Great find
Brenda Perez
October 12, 2012
fantastic set!!