Ta Da! Delilah at one month
Did you think I’d forgotten that Delilah is one month old today?
Perish the thought!
She’s got a new video, and a new playmate!
See it after the cut.
Or, if you prefer, go visit her new photo set on Flickr.
I hate the HSUS – And you should, too
I’ve known for a while that I hate PETA – come on, who doesn’t hate PETA? They’re a self aggrandizing PR-machine that does sweet f*ck all for the actual welfare of actual animals. They are hypocrites. They are liars. They wear stupid costumes, and they kill more animals than they save.
But the HSUS? The Humane Society of the United States? They’re a humane society, for Gods’ sake. They’re supposed to be all about saving animals – ensuring their humane treatment. Read more →
Hey There Delilah
Another video…
I know, I’m worse than those new first time parents. Sue me.
Video after cut.
Delilah Eats Pablum!
As promised – a video of Delilah swimming in her pablum.
Some seriously messy faced eating ensues.
Below the cut.
The High Price of French Bulldogs – in 1909
Note: This is a first in my re-introduction of the ‘Historical Frenchies’ series I did for the French Bullytin in the 1990’s.
We often hear complaints about how outrageously expensive French Bulldogs are. “$2,500 for a dog!” people cry. “That’s insane – who would pay a price like that?”.
Well, plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose’, as this article from 1909 illustrates.
BULLDOG GAMIN II. SOLD FOR BIG PRICE;
William M. Van Norden Pays $2,500 for Champion at the Garden Show
February 13, 1909, Saturday
The closing day of the Westminster Kennel Club’s thirty-third annual show in Madison Square Garden yesterday, in addition to drawing the best attendance of the week, brought out a number of spectacular and sensational features, the cheif of which was the sale late in the afternoon of the champion French Bulldog of the exhibition, Gamin II, for $2,500, the biggest price that even a show dog has brough in a long time.
The purchaser of Gamin II, whish has won the blue ribbons in all his classes, was William M. Van Norden of Harrison, N.Y., president of the Van Norden Trust Company. The high priced dog was exhibited and sold by Joseph and Thomas Murphy of Dorchester, Mass., and is a son of another champion, Nellcote Gamin, the only dog that ever beat Gamin II.