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Cultural depictions of dogs in art has become more elaborate as individual breeds evolved and the relationships between human and canine developed. Hunting scenes were popular in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Dogs were depicted to symbolize guidance, protection, loyalty, fidelity, faithfulness, alertness, and love. [1]
John W. Walker and George Washington Maupin, two breeders from Kentucky, which was then part of Virginia, are given credit for the breed's initial development. [2] The dogs they bred were referred to as Walker Hounds and were used to hunt raccoons. In the 1800s, a stolen black and tan dog named Tennessee Lead was crossed into the Walker Hound.
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Blue Period with Banjo, Polaroid ER print by William Wegman, 1980 Volcano by Wegman, 1988, acrylic and oil on canvas, Honolulu Museum of Art. William Wegman (born December 2, 1943) is an American artist best known for creating series of compositions involving dogs, primarily his own Weimaraners in various costumes and poses.
The potcake dog or American Village Dog is a mixed-breed dog type found on several Caribbean islands. Its name comes from a traditional local dish of seasoned rice and pigeon peas ; overcooked rice that sticks to the bottom of the cooking pot (forming the 'pot cake') is commonly mixed with other leftovers and fed to the dogs. [ 1 ]
Students adopted the first Reveille, a mixed-breed dog, in 1931. The cadets raised $100 during World War II to make Reveille a general, as part of a fundraiser for the K-9 Corps. [1] Reveille is the highest-ranking member of the Texas A&M Corps of Cadets she is the only cadet to have five silver diamonds.
The silhouette of the horse and rider is still in use today on uniforms of the Wyoming National Guard soldiers. Clayton Danks , a Nebraska native who died in 1970 in Thermopolis, Wyoming , [ 4 ] is believed to be the cowboy on an earlier version of the Bucking Horse and Rider symbol.