In this week's Claire Chats, Claire talks about the breeds and categories of dogs that were common in Tudor times.
And here are our dogs: Baxter, a black labrador (June 2003-April 2017); Boni, who knows what (born February 2008); and Judd, Spanish mastin (mastiff) cross (born March 2015).
Sources and further reading
- Claire's video on Tudor pets can be found at https://www.tudorsociety.com/tudor-pets/
- Battle dogs - http://k9history.com/battle-dogs.htm
- Tudor Folk and their Dogs - http://www.corndancer.com/fritze/tudor2/tudor2_arch/tudor2_04.html
- William Harrison's "Of Our English Dogs and Their Qualities" - http://www.bartleby.com/35/3/15.html
- An Introduction To The Literature Of British Dogs - https://archive.org/stream/introductiontoth002134mbp#page/n7/mode/2up