
The history of dogs
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The Dogs That Knew the Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte
There are many dogs that knew the emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. Throughout history stories of dogs who have well gone to extraordinary lengths to help their human friends if you like. There was a woman named Dorothy Eustis and in in 1927 she published an article in The Seeing Eye about her need for a seeing eye dog. She received a tremendous response from this man called Morris Frank who said I would love a dog like this but also said if you if you can help me get aDog like this I will be a publicity machine for you. By 19 1956 every state in the United States had passed a log guaranteeing blind people with guide dogs access to public spaces which is another thing we take so for
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