Alice White
#10 In the era of the regency, spotted pets became a sign of the owner’s high social status.
They guarded houses, helped hunters for small and large games, served as "bodyguards" for noble ladies walking without a male company.
#11 Finding themselves overseas, unusual dogs accompanied volunteer fire brigades, which could not do without real “horsepower”.
Visible from afar, white "bells" served as a warning for other participants in the movement about the approach of fighters with fire and helped clear the way no worse than sirens and light signals.
But even after the carriages for extinguishing the flames became museum exhibits, many did not want to part with their living talismans.
#12 Today, charismatic dogs are a recognizable symbol of US firefighters.
