![]() ![]() At Uncle Sammy’s prompting, I researched both dogs in an effort to find out if any of the former stars on these shows gave interviews in later years that revealed what it was like to work on the set and with the celebrity dogs of our childhoods. We are specifically talking about Lassie and Rin Tin Tin. And as movies and TV shows often do, they created dreams and ideas about some dogs that became so much more in our imaginations than they were in real life. But the presence of so many dogs of different sizes and breeds in the movies and on TV gave us some idea of what the relationships with dogs might be like. Uncle Sammy did not have a dog when he was growing up. Young children learned that pet ownership taught responsibility and cultivated their ability to love and care for another creature. Whatever the motivations were, the popular culture supported the presence of a dog as part of a healthy family life. Then, for some, there was the status of owning dogs of certain breeds. The move to the suburbs provided many families with a small garden or backyard where children could play with a dog. There were, though, other factors playing into the growing favor given to having a dog in the family. It is true that dogs were seen as protector animals, ever ready to alert the owners to a trespasser. There was simply no money to feed a pet in many families let alone take care of its health needs, bedding and toys.Īs America transitioned out of the economic growth of the WWII years and society focused on a peace time economy, the families achieving Middle Class life began to consider the acquisition of a dog in a different way. Due to the economic hardships caused by sustained unemployment, many families limited their focus on how to obtain the money essential to keep the family sheltered, fed and clothed. The Great Depression of the 1930s put pet ownership out of reach for many American families. It was during the Post-World War II Baby Boom years of the late 1940s and all through the 1950s that the idea of the dog as a member of a middle-class family gained even more widespread appeal and acceptance due to television. Different breeds of dogs have enjoyed long popularity as suitable pets and members of the American family. TV, Uncle Sammy and I realized we had not covered a very important part of the life of a little boy or a little girl during the post WWII years. During the preparation of posting 84e1-2 Serrapede Family-Junior’s School Days-Homework vs. ![]()
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