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Friends and , can you spot the extinct dog in this image from our Vintage Dog Button Jewelry gallery on Etsy? Post your answer in the "Comments" (for example, Row 1, Column 1). If you're correct, we'll send you (by Facebook Messenger) a coupon code for $5 off the regular price of any purchase of $20 or more at our LoyaltyOfDogs Etsy shop. And you can share the coupon with up to three friends, to pass the savings along! (Included in the offer: All Vintage Dog Button Jewelry, including these pieces and MANY more rings, necklaces, earrings, and bracelets; our unique Gettysburg Civil War dog souvenirs and gifts; and Vintage Dog Greeting Card sets. (Hint: It's not the wolfhound, despite the inscription on the magnificent Irish Brigade Monument!)

Which dog do you think is the extinct breed?

Good sunny morning from Gettysburg, friends and ! For all fans of Fan the wolfhound and the Irish Brigade Monument, we've found an antique wolfhound button! And now it's the "gem" in a stacked at our LoyaltyOfDogs Etsy shop! See it here, https://loyaltyofdogs.etsy.com/listing/4515241378, where it's available with free shipping!

As many Gettysburg visitors know, the majestic Irish wolfhound statue on the Irish Brigade Monument doesn't represent an actual dog but, instead, represents faithfulness. It's a virtue that certainly applies to the patriotic soldiers of the Irish Brigade...and also to their dogs, as shown in a remarkable brief account by a veteran who wrote about real wolfhound Fan and her actions during a battle. You can read it here, at our LoyaltyOfDogs blog:
https://loyaltyofdogs.wordpress.com/2022/07/07/fan-a-dog-of-the-irish-brigades-88th-ny-infantry/

Good morning, friends and . Here's today's good dog-news story. Every good old homeless dog should find such a place to stay!

Older, sick and unadoptable senior dogs find sanctuary surrounded by comfort, love Peppers Senior Dog Sanctuary in Littleton is the vision of its crea...

With an instance of going AWOL on his record, along with apparent shirking, Eben Fiske of the 13th Massachusetts Infantry wasn’t a model soldier, as Ron Coddington recounts in this video from his terrific series “Life on the Civil War Research Trail.” But, he adds, Capt. Fiske was an accomplished artist. And he drew portraits of a few soldiers’ pets from the 13th, including Spot (and Virginia, his cat, along with Billy the pig). Friends and will find Spot at 2:17--Virginia at 1:33, and Billy at 2:03.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-eWt0yVkKM

Dog-history trivia time, friends and !
The three dogs below are featured on sewing buttons in our Etsy shop's Vintage Dog Button Jewelry gallery. One of them belongs to an extinct breed. Which one is it?

Post your answer in the "Comments" below, and if you're correct we'll contact you by Messenger with a coupon good for $3 off any regular-price order of $15 or more at our shop. (And we have many items on sale too, including our popular Civil War dog greeting cards, the "Loyalty Of Dogs" poster featuring Sallie of the 11th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, our latest framed "Lincoln's Farewell to Fido" silhouettes, and more!)

You may not be surprised to learn, friends and , that we couldn't find Civil War dog greeting cards anywhere! So we made some--and some for you, too. They do double-duty as blank notes for keeping in touch with friends anytime, or, with the addition of greeting stickers that come with them, as birthday cards. Best of all, right now a set of four is on sale at our LoyaltyOfDogs Etsy shop:
https://loyaltyofdogs.etsy.com/listing/1470379433

Many friends and will recognize May 4 as the anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's final funeral observances in his hometown, Springfield, Illinois. There, Lincoln's neighbors and a grieving nation the nation laid him to rest after a solemn train route across much of the northern US. Along the way, as crowds paid tribute to Lincoln, a few dogs did, too. Read the full story at our LoyaltyOfDogs blog:
http://loyaltyofdogs.wordpress.com

The Connecticut National Guard has honored one of the most famous of all US Army war dogs with a statue, just unveiled at a ceremony also honoring all Military Working Dogs. What a wonderful statue of Sgt. Stubby!

Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero

(By the way, friends and , if you've never seen the superbly animated movie "Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero, you should ! We give it 4-paws up, which around here would mean leaping for joy!)