When I was a little girl, my aunt was in college and still lived at home. Her dog, the family dog, was an English Springer Spaniel named Sandy. That dog had bitten me near the eye when I was a baby so everybody was always warning me not to go near the dog and to be careful of the dog. In kindergarten, my grandmother babysat me and I had to negotiate my way through the house with Sandy. I tried to make peace with him by making him a meat pie (with Grandma’s help) for his birthday.
What I didn’t realize was that dogs had been part of the family for generations.
Grandpa shared these photos and told me which dog was which. They belonged to Richard DeKorn, and Grandpa and his parents lived for some time with Richard (Grandpa’s grandfather). It means that they lived well over 100 years ago. I’m sorry the quality of the following photos isn’t better.
TOM AND CARLO DEKORN
BOBBY DEKORN
Is the dog running toward Richard DeKorn? Adriaan Zuijdweg in the background.
The dogs with Cora, Adrian, and Alice
That’s Grandpa as a baby in his mother’s lap, so he grew up with the dogs.
Bobby in the yard
For those of you who know about dog breeding or shows, can you tell me anything about the following?
I’ve owned dogs, too, but now I have four cats. Did my family have cats 100 years ago? Here’s the answer:
Is that baby Alice playing with the kittens?
I sense that you want to know about my cats ;), so here is a slide show of my beautiful cats, as well as my grand-cats.
The Family Kalamazoo 