Historical Dog Photos

[ozdobe]

Interesting old photos of a lot of breeds - what is a Sloughi? and is a Working Collie a BC?

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v485/Pietoro/Dog%20Breed%20Historical%20Pictures/

Comments

[borderpap]

Cool pictures. I think that the Sloughi is a Saluki and the working collie is a border collie or one of the foundation breeds of border collies. I know that in England, many times border collies are called Working Collies.

[ozdobe]

There was one that was a Saluki/Sloughi mix - I thought anyway. It looks like a Saluki though - the photo where it is just a pure Sloughi. Strange name.

[rdrift]

"working collie" is the term used in the UK for an unregistered border collie. So generally the same dog, just that somewhere along the line somebody didn't bother with papers.

[ozdobe]

Thanks - they looked just like I thought the BC would look in 1915.

[multisylldogs]

It's amazing how some breeds have changed in 100 years and others virtually not at all. The Low Chen "lion dog" got popular on the East coast when I was back there. People were trying to bring it back. ML

[ozdobe]

Yeah - I just thought I didn't have a good enough "eye" for some of the breeds. Dobes have really changed in head, ears, body type and legs.

[jorbar]

Love the old dog photos. The GSD looked so much better back then, In general I think most breeds looked better in the past, more utility and less fluff.

[ozdobe]

Yes, so sad, isn't it?