tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post3651895614622072150..comments2024-03-26T22:16:26.572-04:00Comments on Terrierman's Daily Dose: Owney the Taxidermied Railroad DogPBurnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05781540805883519064noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-74149281952638636572011-07-17T14:33:36.741-04:002011-07-17T14:33:36.741-04:00Please DO post pictures of the treadles and spits ...Please DO post pictures of the treadles and spits used. I participate WITH my dog in a lot of historical reenactment events, so I love showing how dogs worked in different time periods.<br /><br />My daughter has almost earned her own dog, when she does, she is getting a small terrier that she can hunt with and that can fulfill different jobs including turning the spit.The meanderings of a history houndhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650139679145322060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-12967435440375648952009-01-30T15:16:00.000-05:002009-01-30T15:16:00.000-05:00Yes. The Glenn of Imaal was a turnspit dog and th...Yes. The Glenn of Imaal was a turnspit dog and they STILL haven't found a purpose for ot beyond that arena. There were, however, a LOT of different kinds of turnspits -- not just small wheels for fire spits, but also big treadle rigs for churning butter, threshing, etc. Almost every kind of small and middle-sized dog was used, but mostly mutts (almost all dogs were crossbred of pedigree unknown only 175 years ago). A lot of terriers were also used as cart dogs to guard milk, bread, meat and produce wagons from kids, thieves and other dogs. I will post a few pictures of the treadles and spits used -- a lot of variation. Not sure how many pictures I have any more -- some good stuff went with a hard drive loss a few years ago :(<BR/><BR/>PPBurnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05781540805883519064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-13676889916853304002009-01-30T14:55:00.000-05:002009-01-30T14:55:00.000-05:00That taxidermy job was pretty good, but have you e...That taxidermy job was pretty good, but have you ever seen the taxidermied turnspit? <BR/><BR/>http://scribalterror.blogs.com/scribal_terror/images/whiskeydog.jpg<BR/><BR/>Do you think it's possible that some of the fancy "terriers" are really just modified strains of turnspit? I mean once the turnspit's profession was no longer legal or necessary. What were these people going to do with these dogs?<BR/><BR/>I think they turned them into fancy pseudo-terriers.<BR/><BR/>My evidence: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Turnspitdog-1862.jpg<BR/><BR/>That dog resembles a "puddin' Jack Russell" that belong to some relatives of mine. His tail was docked, but he was marked exactly the same way. He even had the same ear carriage.<BR/><BR/>You know terriers better than me, so what do you think?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com