Dogs

Dan Snow's History Hit

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4.7 • 12.9K Ratings

🗓️ 21 February 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

From the small corgis that drove cattle to Smithfield market to the Dalmatians that protected carriages from highwaymen, humans and dogs have relied on each other for millennia. Historian and dog-lover Mike Loades joins Dan to trace the history of our close relationship with dogs. They discuss the first proto-dogs, the bloodhounds that hunted down William Wallace and the little lap dog that hid under Mary Queen of Scots' skirts during her beheading (allegedly.)

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Mike's book is called 'Dogs: Working Origins and Traditional Tasks'

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