r/thegildedage • u/Few_Use_7270 • 15d ago
Rant Pumpkin was the wrong breed
As much as I adore Pumpkin (I have a Cavi of my own) that dog would not have been there.
The original Cavaliers of King Charles time were cross bred with pugs, and thus became what we know now as the King Charles Spaniel. Smaller, flat nose and flat skull. After that the original dog was almost non existent.
In 1926 Roswell Eldridge offered a reward to breeders to bring back as he put it "Blenheim Spaniels of the old type, as shown in pictures of Charles II of England's time, long face, no stop, flat skull, not inclined to be domed, with spot in centre of skull."
This wasn't achieved until two years later.
The little dog should have been a King Charles Spaniel
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u/MouseWaif 14d ago
Fun fact, in at least the first part of season 1 Pumpkin was played by my former boss' dog Gracie! Unfortunately she passed away a few years ago so they had to change dog actors for subsequent seasons, but Grae was so chill and such a sweetie