Turnspit dogs

Snooz · Post by **Snooz** » Sat Sep 06, 2014 8:33 am

I had never heard of these before.

The Rise And Fall Of The Working Dog That Turned The Roasting Spit : The Salt : NPR

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Sat Sep 06, 2014 8:39 am

I've never heard of that either although dogs were used for labour far more back then.

FourPart · Post by **FourPart** » Sat Sep 06, 2014 8:45 am

As with the Historical Dog Cart:

Dogcart (dog-drawn) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Snooz · Post by **Snooz** » Sat Sep 06, 2014 11:37 am

What's sad about this story is that these dogs no longer exist. The "breed" was allowed to die off when they were no longer needed.

FourPart · Post by **FourPart** » Sat Sep 06, 2014 12:12 pm

Surely, seeing as breeds are man made anyway, they can always be re-introduced through a repeat of the selective breeding - just as it was the first time round.

Post by **LarsMac** » Sat Sep 06, 2014 1:12 pm

I showed that picture to Pitstop and suggested we try it out on the barbeque and save some electricity.

She is now sitting on the wife's office, avoiding me.

I guess she isn't going for it.

Snooz · Post by **Snooz** » Sat Sep 06, 2014 4:57 pm

You're probably going to find some poo in your slipper in the morning.

Post by **LarsMac** » Sat Sep 06, 2014 5:16 pm

She has NO sense of humor.