Then and Now.. Discussions

I saw this on another forum - just googled something and it came up.

The idea for this thread is to find a picture of any breed of dog back when the KC (or any of the registrations) started as close to the beginning as possible and then what they look like now.

I can't find any back then photos so I'll let someone else start it..

Registered Name: Blanka v Angertor
Sire: Dr Tonniessen's Tom
Dam: Alt's Schecken
Call Name:
Sex: female
Date of Birth: 26 FEB 1895


Colour: White

Titles: Ger Ch


Now.. oct 2008

egistered Name: Muhlbauer's Flocki
Breeder:
Owner:
Kennel:
Sire: Dr Tonniessen's Tom
Dam: Alt's Schecken
Sex: male
Date of Birth: 26 FEB 1895
Land of Birth: Germany
Colour: Flashy Brindle

Hilthorn gold blend.

I love these threads seeing the past breeds!

Perhaps it's boring with the Greyhound - they've hardly changed!

From 1460AD


1853AD


2012AD

Staffies...
Recognised in 1935, probably one of the more well known dogs from back then would be Gentleman Jim born in 1937


SIZE
Weight:

Dogs: 12.7kg - 17kg (28lbs - 38lbs)

Bitches: 11kg - 15.4kg (24lbs - 34lbs)

Desirable height:

15in - 18in (these heights being related to the weights.)

Changes made to now

EYES - changed to "Dark, but may bare some relation to coat colour."
EARS - changed to "Prick ears to be penalized. Ears should be small, neat, tidy."
COLOUR - Blue coat is added.
HEIGHT - changed to "14 to 16inches at shoulders."
MOUTH AND NOSE - Penalization of undershot and overshot mouths and Dudley noses is amended to debarment from winning a prize

Sorry, I think I did it wrong!

No Mel, you didn't, You just went back further thats all

Tibetan Terrier 'Bunti' 1922. The TT's in the UK bred since then have all originated from this bitch.
A 10mth old TT male (not in full coat yet)

I did a couple of these a while back. Here's the St Bernard.

This dog was BOB Crufts 2010.

I can go back the 1950s, but the dog on the left, Down Home's Anne Revival is pretty much the foundation bitch of the breed as you see it in the West now and there's hardly a dog without her at least once in their ancestry. Photo is from the early 1970s. Interesting enough, her grandmother, Jone's Chow Chow was actually half chow and not the last chow blood (allegedly) that sneaked into the shar-pei gene pool.

And the dog on the right is Am Ch Jade East Catch Me If You Can. He was BOB at Crufts 2011 and a good representatlive of the breed type nowadays. I'm pretty sure there are some people who are surprised how similar the two are.

The earlier dogs are Iron Monkey and Eagles Wing Of Taileh if anybody is interested. They are Annie's great and great great grandfathers.

Couple of Airedales from 1890 found online.







Wow.

The Bull terrier photos are also kind of fascinating

Forerunner of the Labrador Retriever

The St. John's dog

What about Danes, anyone have any old pictures of them?

This guy...

http://smg.photobucket.com/home/Pietoro/tag/great dane

Great thread! Love seeing old breeds and how they've changed.

Its really interesting to see which breeds have chaned and how

Rough Collie

rought collies seem to have gotten smaller and fluffier rather then having a flowing coat. Chows again have gone ove fluffy!

The first chow imported was a smooth and in the beginning as many smooths were brought in as the roughs. Looking at Chinese Puzzle, she could have very easily passed as a prick eared original type shar-pei from that depiction. They were written out of the standard for many years, which is a shame as smooth chows are beautiful dogs. Thankfully, there were breeders who saved them from disappearing and now smooths are very popular in the showring in Europe and seen in the ring in the UK and USA.

Four smooth chow females.