Archives for 2017

1896 Book- An American Dog Abroad and the Foreign Dogs he Met – by Frank Pope Humphrey

My trail of research on the Princess of Wales and her chows, lead me to this charming book written in 1896 from the point of view of a traveling pug dog named “Tony”. The dog tells of his travels with his master to visit the dogs and pets of Royalty throughout England and beyond. […]

1895 ARTIST Ernest M. Jessop- silverpoint etchings of 2 chows owned by the Princess of Wales

Every time I unearth one of these elusive “oldest of the old” puzzle pieces in our British chow history I feel as though the lottery has been won. I purchased this single page from THE SKETCH magazine (England) to get a better look at this article and of course the 2 photos depicting Chows […]

1924 ARTICLE – The Ledgeland’s Kennels of Mrs David Wagstaff

The legendary “Ledgeland’s chow blood runs deep in the veins of our breed, as it is one of the oldest and most successful in USA history. I was recently contacted by a woman who had purchased the Ledgeland’s kennel building in Tuxedo Park NY to renovate for living quarters. It had been […]