March 2021

Written By R.U. Steinberg
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  • Dogs were used in World War I for a variety of purposes including hauling machine guns and supply carts and serving as messengers.

  • Christina Hunger, a 26-year-old speech pathologist in San Diego, has developed a soundboard with buttons and prerecorded words that her Catahoula/Blue Heeler mix Stella can use to say what she wants. Stella simply steps on the buttons to communicate. See pictures and videos.

  • The Gazelle Hound is also known as the Saluki, Arabian Hound, and Persian Greyhound. They hunt by sight, more than smell or sound.

  • George Washington had Fox Hounds named Sweetlips, Scentwell, and Vulcan; Coonhounds named Drunkard, Taster, Tipsy, and Tipler; a Greyhound named Cornwallis; and many others.

  • Jack Ruby left his Dachshund Sheba in his car when he went to kill Lee Harvey Oswald at Dallas Police Headquarters on November 24, 1963.

R.U. Steinberg

Mr. Smarty Pants read the above information in a book, magazine, newspaper, or website; heard it on the radio; saw it on television; or overheard it a party. Got any facts? Email them to Mr. Smarty Pants for possible inclusion in the column at MrPants@AustinChronicle.com.

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