Illustrations from Lad: a Dog by Albert Payson Terhune. The illustrations are by Robert L Dickey, and the book was published in April of 1941.

Written in 1941 the stories are a tribute to the dogs of “the Place”, and emphasize just how much has changed in the way we treat our beloved animals now. I loved these books even as I was horrified by some of the ways the animals were “disciplined”. My first Collies were as wonderful as the Collies of the Place, as beautiful and as smart and as brave.

Looty: pet dog of Queen Victoria, 1865 albumen print.

Description by the Royal Collection Trust:

The dog in this photograph was found by Captain John Hart Dunne of the 99th Regiment after the Summer Palace near Beijing (Peking, as it was then known) had been looted on 8 October 1860 during the Second Opium War. On his return to England Dunne presented her to Queen Victoria for 'the Royal Collection of dogs'. She was one of the first Pekingese dogs in Britain and her name makes rather ironic reference to her origins and acquisition.