pet cemetry Paris

[george013]

Not many people know about the pet cemetry in Paris. I also just found out 3 years ago. The cemetry has opened around 1900 and is still in use.


The entrance. A Suisse snt. bernard. Died decennia befor this cemetry was opened. He doesn't lay here. I don't know the relation with this cemetry.


Just an overview of the graves.







The famous german shepperd from the movies Rin-Tin-Tin. Brought to America after the Great War.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rin_Tin_Tin







This one is a little dissonant. It's an American grave. The owners had to much money, burried there dog in Paris in a bombastic grave and a collar worth €9000. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-17064489



Looks like Pere Lachaise. Graves lifted by the roots of the trees.



Not sure if a bird is laying here.


George

[Shadowman]

Interesting series.

[rpcrowe]

I wonder if the St. Bernard was "Barry" the most famous of the St. Bernard rescue dogs and the dog after whom there was a group that wanted to name the breed "Barry Hound"? Although Barry was alive well before the cemetery was probably opened, the statue was not over an interred dog. The face of the dog in the statue looks very much (IMO) like that of the B&W drawing in this Wikipedia article.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_(dog)

[IzzieK]

They have a pet cemetery? I will not probably be able to afford a plot there...we have our own in our backyard and the one that died in Oz was cremated for A$350 and I brought him here in the US. I haven't seen a pet cemetery before let alone know of one.

[george013]

I wonder if the St. Bernard was "Barry" the most famous of the St. Bernard rescue dogs and the dog after whom there was a group that wanted to name the breed "Barry Hound"? Although Barry was alive well before the cemetery was probably opened, the ststue was not over an interred dog. The face of the dog in the statue looks very much (IMO) like that of the B&W drawing in this Wikipedia article.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_(dog)

Nice story. Funny, getting killed by the person you wanted to save.
I cropped a part out of the image. When looking good you can see the name Barry.


Are there different races of Snt. Bernards or did they change that much. Well, in nearly 2 centuries.

George

[rpcrowe]

Many dogs have evolved drastically over the years and sometimes evolution is a geographic change. As an example, Maltese dogs are smaller and "more refined" (a breeder's term, not mine) than were the original Maltese.

Here in the USA, show quality Maltese are quite a bit smaller than those in the U.K. or in Europe.