National Pet Month timeline
- 1988
The invention of the Labradoodle
The first Labradoodle (a mix between a lab and a poodle) was bred specifically to be hypoallergenic by an Australian named Wally Cochran.
- 1928
First American “seeing-eye dog”
Morris Frank from Tennessee and his German Shepherd that he brought back from a trip to Switzerland introduced the concept of “seeing eye dog” to the USA.
- 1493
Christopher Columbus bestows a royal gift
Upon returning to Spain, Christopher Columbus gifted Queen Isabella two South American parrots.
- c. 170 AD
Furry court officials
Chinese Emperor Ling Ti appointed his pets as senior court officials, allowing them special luxuries and bodyguards.
- c.7500 BC
The first evidence of cat domestication
A human and a feline companion are buried together on an island in the Mediterranean.
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