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For the Love of Dogs

Heartwarming Stories of Our Canine Friends

By Paula C. HendersonPublished 3 years ago 4 min read
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For the Love of Dogs
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We have a special fondness for dogs, that’s for sure. They are a part of the family. It seems in recent times our love and affection for the canine has increased one hundred fold.

As a writer I do quite a bit of research in old newspapers and I began to notice lots of articles about dogs in the 1800s and early 1900s. Dogs who had saved a boy lost in the woods, an entire family from a burning building or the family cat were common news stories. Still, each one was so heartwarming to read.

What I also noticed, that I do not see today, is lots of newspaper who asked children to write in and tell the newspaper why their pet is the greatest pet! These are some of the cutest stories you’ll ever be blessed with. Like the one about Queenie, the fox terrier. An apparently sweet natured dog who never barks and when feels shameful of her behavior will hide behind the curtains to think about what she has done, not to appear again until ready to move past the dreaded incident. Loves to play sports and is so smart that her human says one needs to spell in front of Queenie lest she know all your secrets!

There is Spizzy, who knows a splendid number of tricks and loves to show them off, especially to music. Dotty and Lady who love to don their big pink bows when walking through the neighborhood. Bismark, the tiniest but smartest dog in town. I was introduced to a pug dog named Chiffon who boasts an ancestry that dates to colonial days who has a saucy personality. Teddy Bear is a lovely German Shephard so kind as to pull around his human girl and her little sister on a sled in the yard who enjoys playing games with the children. I found a plethora of stories from children who gushed with love of how wonderful their pets are.

The newspapers published many a tale of dogs who had overcome many obstacles. Like Speedy, whose owner had passed away and the city of which he lived adopted him as their own. Everyone taking care of the little dog until his death some time later. The newspaper noted that Speedy was the only dog in town aloud to run about without a leash.

The story of the dog that waited for months on the dock, for his human to return from being shipped out for naval duty. The Navy and the American Radio Association got involved and radioed out to more than 1000 U.S. ships at sea to try and find the dogs human.

Loyal dogs who find the graves of their humans and sit vigil for years. Only for the town to adopt them, taking them food, blankets and toys throughout the year.

There are of course many stories of canines who find lost boys and girls and adults for that matter when humans fail and those brave family pets who warn the family of the house fire.

Working dogs are especially appreciated of course. Civil Service dogs, police dogs, dogs that work at golf courses retrieving lost balls, mail dogs and more. So many wonderful stories I found.

One of the more interesting finds that I do not believe we do today was that of humans placing obituaries in the newspapers for their pets. Lovely tributes to canine family members that will be missed; like a dog named Rescue, a professor’s dog named Tazmin, an obit that shared the details of a heartwarming funeral to pay tribute to a beloved dog named Rover. There was the story of the dog named Rex, and the dog whose human built a monument to his faithful companion at the time of his loss.

I found a Georgia Supreme Court “eulogy” as they called it to all dogs as a testament to the fact that dogs are indeed the friends of men. This was one of the most touching eulogies I’d ever read.

With all this welling up in my heart I wanted to put it all together in a book. I also included pet cemeteries that have famous pets buried there. Like where Rin Tin Tin is buried, Lassie, Benji, Marley, Toto, Igloo, Checkers and more.

Did you know there are dog museums not just here in the United States but around the world? I listed a few of those in case there is one near you that you would like to go and visit!

The book includes, of course, Royal dogs, Presidential dogs, Military dogs and a handful of pictures of interesting, newsworthy dogs with their humans.

The title of the book is:

‘True Stories of Dogs Ripped from the Headlines: Hometown Heroes, Beloved Family Pets, Obituaries & Epitaphs, Exciting True Tales, Life Saving Dog Stories, Dog Museums and Loving Tributes’

Available in eBook and paperback editions on Amazon: Amazon/True-Stories-of-Dogs

https://amzn.to/3gDegN8

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Paula C. Henderson

Paula is a freelance writer, healthy food advocate, mom and cookbook author.

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