During the Civil War, dogs were used for sentry duty and to guard prisoners, and they accompanied troops as mascots. In World War I, dogs served multiple roles as a sentry, red cross dog, messenger dog, and ambulance dog.
Dogs were trained to detect enemy forces, to carry messages, to search the battlefields for wounded soldiers and evacuate the wounded by pulling small ambulance carts. Dogs also cheered up soldiers at the front and the wounded in hospitals.
Dogs are not only intelligent and affectionate, but also very loyal. Therefore, they have always been companions of humans for a long time. Here is a set of lovely photos that shows portraits of Edwardian women posing with their dogs.
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