Dogs’ Borstal

Series

Series Name

Colour Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.

399

Date Released

20 Aug 1962

Date recorded

2 Aug 1962

Length of issue (in feet)

802

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Victorian Fish Bar
2. 2False Beards
3. 3Dogs’ Borstal

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 3

Summary

NoS Summary - Dogs that have appeared in court because of bad behaviour are taken to a home near Watford for strict obedience training.

Researcher Comments

Title on British Pathe online database reads "Dog Borstal".
Commentary: It’s surprising just how much of today is loaded with Victoriana. Even dogs are affected. At least - the ones we saw. For it was the Victorians who first believed in corrective training - and that belief is now successfully applied to canine offenders. At the Dogs’ Borstal near Watford, savage dogs are given the Approved School treatment to make them mend their ways. It works, too. Hundreds of snarling "criminals" have been redeemed from the dog-house.

Keywords

Education and training; Dogs

Locations

England; Hertfordshire; Watford

Written sources

British Pathe online database
Pathe Pictorial Issue Sheets   Used for commentary

Credits:

Commentator

Brian Cobby

Length of story (in feet)

251

Story extras:

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