Posts Tagged ‘police dogs’

1908: The Belgian Sheepdogs That Came to New York on the Tail End of a Jewel Heist

Posted: 14th August 2015 by The Hatching Cat in Dog Tails
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This is one of my longer stories — which is why it took me so long to post — but it’s chock full of New York City and Murray Hill history. In July 2013, I wrote about the police dogs of Parkville Brooklyn, who came to America in 1907 and were the first canine police squad […]

1908: The Police Dogs of Parkville Perform at Madison Square Garden

Posted: 2nd August 2013 by The Hatching Cat in Dog Tails
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Part II of a Parkville Precinct Tale I recently told an old New York story about Max, one of five talented young pups from Belgium that comprised the first authentic police canine squad in America. Max rose to hero status after leading police to an unconscious man near Parkville, Brooklyn, only a few months after […]

1908: Max, the Hero Police Dog of Parkville, Brooklyn

Posted: 13th July 2013 by The Hatching Cat in Dog Tails
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Part I of a Parkville Precinct Puppy Tale In 1907 the Police Department of the City of New York, under the command of Police Commissioner Theodore Bingham, sent Inspector George R. Wakefield to Paris and Ghent, Belgium, to look into acquiring some police dogs. Police dogs had been gaining popularity in Europe since their first […]