From the Archives: Dogs in Spokane

Photos from The Spokesman-Review archives of dogs in Spokane throughout the years.

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Mon., March 17, 2014

This photo was taken in 1949 in Elberton, Wash., in Whitman County by Spokane Chronicle photographer Sherm Blake. Blake was doing a story on the demise of the Country Store in the area. The owner of the store, D.A. Davison and his dog, are waiting on H.R. Taylor.
End of the Trail - September 3, 1947. First day of school. Seven-year-old Jon Collins, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Collins, does a half-hearted job of convincing his dog, Lad, that the entrance of the Grant school is destined to be the place of parting.
IT WAS A GREAT OUTDOOR DAY FOR EVERYBODY, INCLUDING THE DOGS ATOP MOUNT SPOKANE LAST WEEK END, AS HUNDREDS SKIED, COASTED AND FROLICKED IN THE THREE-FOOT SNOW. SEVEN-YEAR-OLD WILLIAM HARRISON, E 840 EIGHTEENTH, IS CAUGHT BY THE CAMERA GETTING A FREE RIDE ABOARD A SLED DRAWN BY A PAIR OF YOUNG SAMOYEDE PUPS, WHO WERE ALSO ENJOYING THE SNOW AND CLEAR WEATHER. TH SIBERIAN SLED-DOGS, TOSKA AND MAULCHEK ARE OWNED BY JAMES MCGEE AND ALBERT SMITH OF MOSCOW.
HYPO THE SAMOYED, PET OF FRED DES INLETS OF THE DES INLETS STUDIO IN SPOKANE, DECIDED HE WANTED TO BE PHOTOGRAPHED JUST LIKE THE CUSTOMERS. SO HE APPLIED, ABOVE, AND WAS TAKEN IN A POSE AT THE PIANO, BELOW. HYPO IS JUST 18 MONTH OLD.
HYPO THE SAMOYED, PET OF FRED DES INLETS OF THE DES INLETS STUDIO IN SPOKANE, DECIDED HE WANTED TO BE PHOTOGRAPHED JUST LIKE THE CUSTOMERS. SO HE APPLIED, ABOVE, AND WAS TAKEN IN A POSE AT THE PIANO, BELOW. HYPO IS JUST 18 MONTH OLD.
MONSIEUR PARIS, SPOKANE POODLE, IS READY FOR HIS TRIP TO CHICAGO, WHERE HE WILL APPEAR TODAY IN A STYLE SHOW BY CHARLES JAMES, WELL-KNOWN DESIGNER. PRECEDING THE FASHION SHOW HE WILL SHARE THE STAGE WITH MISS ILKA CHASE, ACTRESS AND NOVELIST. OWNED BY MRS. RAY L. VERMEERS, E 2028 EIGHTEENTH, THE POODLE HAS BEEN A CONSISTENT TROPHY WINNER.
AT PRESENT ON THEIR BEST OBEDIENCE BEHAVIOR, THESE SIX SPOKANE AREA DOBERMAN PINSCHERS ARE BEING GROOMED FOR FOUR OBEDIENCE TRIALS DURING THE NEXT TWO WEEKS IN VANCOUVER AND VICTORIA, B.C. LEFT TO RIGHT ARE JERRY, TERRA, ROMA, DURT, QUEENIE AND TAMIR - SIX DOBERMANS WITH SEVEN TITLES TO THIER CREDIT IN THREE COMPETITIVE SEASONS.
EIGHT PUPPIES RECENTLY WERE ADDED TO SPOKANE'S SCARCE BASSET HOUND POPULATION. THE LITTER, LARGE AS BASSET LITTERS GO, WAS PRODUCED BY A HOUND OWNED BY MR. AND MRS. D.J. TESDAHL, N 9009 WALL. MRS. TESDAHL SAID SHE KNOWS OF ONLY FOUR ADULT BASSET HOUNDS IN THE SPOKANE AREA. THE BASSET IS A VERY GENTLE ANIMAL AND A GOOD HUNTER.
HERE ARE SOME OF THE 377 BLUEBLOODS ENTERED IN THE ALL-BREED DOG SHOW, SPONSORED BY THE SPOKANE KENNEL CLUB SATURDAY AT THE SPOKANE INTERSTATE FAIRGROUNDS. LEFT TO RIGHT: BEAGLE, OWNED BY KENNETH B. NELSON; RHODESIAN RIDGEBACK, MRS. JOSEPH W. BISHOP; CHOW, MRS. LEONARD BARRON; PEKINGESE, MRS. F.R. MCCANN, AND CHOW, MRS. TOM HENDERSON, ALL OF SPOKANE. THE CUPS WILL BE AWARDED AT THE SHOW.
ONE OF THESE DAYS SOME OF THESE PUPPIES WILL BE CHAMPIONS, BUT AT THE MOMENT THEY ARE AWAITING THE ALL-BREED JUNIOR AND SENIOR PUPPY MATCH TO BE STAGED BY THE SPOKANE KENNEL CLUB AT LINCOLN HEIGHTS RECREATIONAL CENTER TODAY. JUDGING OF PUPPIES STARTS AT 10 A.M. AMONG ENTRIES, LEFT TO RIGHT: STANDARD POODLE, OWNED BY DOROTHY ROBERTSON; PUG, MRS. PAUL MARUGG; PEKINGESE, MRS. F.R. MCCANN; BOSTON TERRIER, MICHEL KUCHESNE; WHEATEN SCOTTISH TERRIER, RENE DIXON; AND IN FOREGROUND, BASENJI HOUND, DOROTHY ROBERTSON. THESE PUPS ARE BETWEEN 3 AND 10 MONTHS OLD.
"SO THIS IS SPOKANE," MIGHT BE THE THOUGH BEHIND THIS WRINKLED-BUT-YOUNG BROW. PARKED IN THE HIGHCHAIR WITH A BONE, THIS 6-MONTH-OLD RARE FRENCH BULLDOG TAKES A SLEEPY LOOK AT ITS NEW HOME. OWNER OF THE HALF-GROWN NEWCOMER IS MRS. C.A. LAFAVE, E 2001 ILLINOIS.
FOUR VIZSLA PUPPIES HAVE DINNER WHILE A FIFTH DECIDES TO PLAY. THEIR MOTHER, MAGGIE, LOOKS OVER HER SHOULDER AT THE FATHER, GARDNER'S GOLDEN BUDDY. THE VIZSLA, PERHAPS THE OLDEST BREED OF THE GREAT EUROPEAN VOSTEHUND GROUP OF SHORT-HAIRED POINTING DOGS, IS RELATIVELY NEW TO THE UNITED STATES. ONLY A FEW ARE IN THE INLAND EMPIRE, ACCORDING TO BILL SAHLBERG OF SPOKANE, OWNER OF THE DOGS SHOWN HERE.
RENE E. SIEBERT, PRESIDENT OF SPOKANE CRIME CHECK, INC., PRESENTS A $500 CHECK TO PRINCE, THE MARIJUANA-SNIFFING DOG OF THE SPOKANE POLICE DEPARTMENT. SPOKANE SERVICE CLUBS RAISED THAT AMOUNT TO BUY THE ANIMAL FROM TRAINERS GILBERT E. PRICE, (BEHIND SEIBERT) AND JAMES BEGG, AT THE RIGHT. KNEELING BESIDE PRINCE IS OFFICER JAMES C. HILL, THE DOG'S HANDLER.
A BOX OF BLACK POWDER IS THE FOCUS OF "MAJOR," (LEFT) AND "BURGEMEISTER," DOGS BEING TRAINED AT SPOKANE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TO FIND EXPLOSIVES. THE EXCERCISE IS SUPERVISED BY AIRPORT SECURITY OFFICER CHARLES MITCHELL (LEFT) AND AIR FORCE SGT. THOMAS M. SCHARA.
A DOG'S LIFE AT SPOKANE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IS ONE SNIFFING JOB AFTER ANOTHER. AIRPORT SECURITY'S BOMB-SNIFFING BILL CHECKS A PIECE OF LUGGAGE UNDER SUPERSVISION OF HIS HANDLER CHARLES MITCHELL. BILL IS THOROUGH: RECENTLY HE ALERTED OFFICERS TO A SUSPECT BAG WHICH TURNED OUT NOT TO CONTAIN EXPLOSIVES, BUT THE WORK CLOTHES OF A DEMOLITION MAN.
Bank business goes to the dogs: Michele Workland, a Bank of Spokane teller, goes a step beyond convenience and candy at her drive-in banking window at N7407 Division. She gives customers' dogs a treat. Some pooches now "speak" up for the doggie treats as soon as they drive up. Pictured here, Sue main's cocker spaniel, Tramp, right, apparently knew what to expect.

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LINSAY OLSEN, 6, OF POST FALLS, KEEPS HER DOG COMPANY IN ITS CAGE DURING SATURDAY'S SPOKANE KENNEL CLUB SHOW AT THE FAIRGROUNDS.

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