Looking through the history books brings us this gem of a photo.
What is that Jack Russell-esque dog wearing? Why, a coat of rat skins!
And what does the man dangle above his faithful canine? A string of rat corpses tied together, of course!
This pup was probably a Rat Terrier, common on family farms in the 1920s and 1930s but now a rare breed. Brought to the United States by British immigrants, their claim to fame was their abilities in rat pit gambling. Despite their decline in popularity these days, you can still see vestiges of their popularity in the RCA trademark of a pup with his head to a gramophone... clearly a rat terrier!
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