Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Wordless Wednesday: Gone to the Dogs #15

Wordless Wednesday is a daily prompt at Geneabloggers that asks family historians to create a post in which the main focus is a photograph or image.


Fred Slade  http://jollettetc.blogspot.com
My granddaddy Fred Slade
with the Moores' dog

My granddaddy Fred Slade kept a kennel of beagles at his sister and brother-in-law's property on Jolliff Road in Chesapeake, not far from where I live now.  When I was just a baby, George and Margaret Moore owned that German Shepherd.  It was not a particularly nice dog, but it liked me.  In fact, it stood guard when my parents put me down for a nap and wouldn't let anyone near me.  

Counting down the number of photos of dogs in my collection




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5 comments:

  1. How nice that he kept you safe as you napped!

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  2. I have an unusual number of my ancestors' photos with dogs in them, too Funny, never cats!

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  3. It's an interesting pose, Wendy, with your grandfather's face and the dog's other end. Your grandfather looks so happy. (He was probably grateful to the dog for keeping you safe!)

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  4. Like Nancy, I noticed the dog's unique pose in this photo too. :)

    Looks like you had your very own personal watchdog when you were little. How cute is that?

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  5. You sure have a lot of photos of your ancestor dogs! :-)

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