Greyfriars Bobby (Puffin Classics)

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The accuracy of stories of Greyfriars Bobby has been challenged many times: for instance, in Forbes Macgregor's Greyfriars Bobby: The Real Story at Last, [16] Jan Bondeson's Greyfriars Bobby: The Most Faithful Dog in the World, [17] and Richard Brassey's "Greyfriars Bobby The Most Famous Dog in Scotland". [18]

Greyfriars Bobby – shedding new light on an old story Greyfriars Bobby – shedding new light on an old story

Gaspode, a talking dog in the Discworld fantasy novels of Terry Pratchett, claims to be named after a famous dog named Gaspode with a similar story to Greyfriars Bobby, though he says it was later discovered that the reason this Gaspode stayed howling by his master's grave was that his tail was trapped under the gravestone. [37]

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Unlike some hostelries today, this establishment was obviously dog-friendly and Bobby always got something to eat as well. For sure, Bobby frequented the kirkyard, it seems, but was not averse to offers of a warm bed sometimes. Yup, certainly sounds like a dog…

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Though Queen Victoria made these terriers fashionable and they turn up in pictures by Sir Edwin Landseer (painter of The Monarch of the Kennel, etc), they seem to have been replaced by other fashionable dogs these days. Cook, Allen; McDonald, Toni (18 April 2023). "Lewis Capaldi music video stars terrier from Worcester". BBC . Retrieved 22 April 2023. For example, Macgregor suggests that this terrier’s loyalty did not necessarily involve sleeping out in all weathers.

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The story has attracted the attention of many other authors, among them the Scottish writer and historian, the late Forbes Macgregor, who published ‘Greyfriars Bobby: the Real Story at Last’, revised in 2002. A common discussion is over which of two people named John Gray was the real owner of Bobby (one being a night watchman and the other a farmer). [4] In Councillor McLaren's account, Mr Traill in 1871 had spoken about John Gray the farmer. [19] Dan sepanjang baca novel klasik ini saya mewek, terharu krn ada seekor anjing begitu dalam kesetiaannya, loyalitasnya sepanjang hidup pada tuan yg memberinya makan, bahkan setelah tuannya telah lama berpulang. Bobby ini mengingatkan saya pada Hachiko. OMG, anjing-anjing ini benar-benar menghancurleburkan sisi lemah diri saya.

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The 1945 film The Body Snatcher, has an oblique reference to Bobby. The title character John Gray, played by Boris Karloff, while seeking to dig up a corpse in Greyfriars Kirkyard, encounters a dog (named "Robbie") guarding the grave. The dog is killed. [35] According to a book published in 2022, [21] Bobby was more likely to have been a dandie dinmont terrier than a Skye terrier as is generally supposed. The claim was made by Mike Macbeth, president of the Dandie Dinmont Terrier Club of Canada. Macbeth pointed out that the dandie dinmont terrier was extremely popular in Scotland at the time, with some 60 breeders in the Edinburgh area, whereas skye terriers tended to be confined to the Isle of Skye. [22] Memorials [ edit ] Bobby's headstone in Greyfriars KirkyardThe same thing has happened on the Royal Mile to the philosopher David Hume’s toe – with the same polished appearance now. (Please stop this habit!) Hanson, Patricia King, ed. (1999). AFI Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States. University of California Press. p. 400. ISBN 0-520-21521-4. So, after all that info about Skye terriers, turns out a book has just been written by two Crufts Dog Show judges suggesting that Bobby was really a Dandy Dinmont.