The value of pets in the Civil War

[RJNorton]

Angela, I second Eva!

[Gene C]

What person connected to Lincoln's assassination does this refer to?

Not knowing whether he would live or die, in a letter to his mother, he saved his tenderest thoughts for his pet.
"Keep my dog until he dies. Erect a slab inscription, 'A true friend,' for he would never forsake me not even should the whole world do so"

[RJNorton]

Gene, I think that was Sam Arnold talking about his dog, Dash. ("Poor Dash")

[Gene C]

That's right Roger.
Since so many of our furry friends leave behind fuzzy momentos as a reminder of their presence, your prize is this quality lint brush furnished by the fine folks at your local dollar store. Unfortunately, the shipping & handeling expenses and goverment taxes on your prize exceed the actual cost of the item. Therefore you shall recieve instead, the admiration and awe from your fans here at the discusion symposium. Congratulations!

[RJNorton]

Thanks, Gene. I must admit that the furry friends in our home have always been cats (during our 47 years of marriage). Sorry, Fido, but the cats always seem so fascinated with Abraham Lincoln.

[BettyO]

Adorable Photo, Roger!

[L Verge]

They must be related to the cat that Angela showed. I love cats and have had many in my life. The only thing that bothers me about them is that I suspect that they are smarter than I!

[HerbS]

We had a Black Lab [she would lick you to death].She would jump up onto the bed to be with my dying wife.Sadly,our Black Lab died first of Diabetes!

[Sally]

BettyO wrote:
But yes, I think that animals and pets played a BIG part for soldiers in the war and to the Victorians as a whole; sentimental beings that they were.... I know Arnold had his Dash; Herold had his hunting dog, Powell had his dogs, cats and a mule as a kid and a favorite mare as a Mosby Guerrilla; but does anyone know if Booth had any other pets besides his colt, Cola?

When I was reading the Hale family papers at the New Hampshire Historical Society last summer, I found a couple of letters wherein the teenaged Lucy Hale makes reference to a dog named Sancho Panza. (Interesting that they named a pet after a Cervantes' character, and ended up living in Spain some ten years later.) In one of the letters Lucy wrote to her father, she mentions that some friends had agreed to look after Sancho while the Hales were away (perhaps in Washington?) But she was afraid they would become so fond of him that they would refuse to give him back when they returned! She also appears to have acquired a little spaniel while in Spain. A photograph purported to be Lucy holding the dog has been posted on this site.

In her later life, when she was Mrs. William E. Chandler and a Washington Society Matron, she was very active in the work of the Washington D.C. Humane Society. Among her donations were several horse troughs that were to be placed in various parts of the city as a memorial to her father and her sister, Lizzie. That might seem like an odd memorial to some, but being an animal lover myself, I think it's kind of cute.

[L Verge]

I wonder if any of those troughs still exist? Sometimes D.C. gets nostalgic and saves those sorts of memorials.

[Gene C]

Talking Dog device ready to hit the market soon.

http://gma.yahoo.com/talking-dog-device-...ories.html

Personally, I think they're barking up the wrong tree - Fido

[Rsmyth]

Laurie, I agree. many were made out of granite and today have become planters with the dedication still readable.

[Linda Anderson]

I think Fido knows this already.

"Behaviorists: Dogs feel no shame despite the look"

"I don't think dogs actually feel shame," Lemire said. "I think they know how to placate us with this sad puppy-dog look that makes us think they're ashamed of what they've done. My guess is that their thinking is: 'Oh man, my owner is super mad about something, but I don't know what, but he seems to calm down when I give him the sad face, so let's try that again.'"

http://www.ctpost.com/news/texas/article...269256.php

[Gene C]

(02-27-2014 06:52 PM)Linda Anderson Wrote:  I think Fido knows this already.

"Behaviorists: Dogs feel no shame despite the look"
"I don't think dogs actually feel shame," Lemire said. "I think they know how to placate us with this sad puppy-dog look that makes us think they're ashamed of what they've done.

That's ridiculous. Who could we have possibly learned that kind of manipulative behavior from? ...

Fido

[Gene C]

Fido saw this online and asked me to post it for him.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/9-reasons-...00154.html

and he wishes you all a Merry Christmas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XfJ5zksF4M