Barking at the Knot

Understanding the hidden history of animal services

Throw Him in the Sea or Some Early Things That Didn’t Cure Rabies.

Very early cures for hydrophobia were certainly creative. Learn about some of the more interesting ones.

Audrey Lodato

April 17, 2025

Animal Welfare

Animal Welfare, barking-at-the-knot, history, hydrophobia, Rabies
Hydrophobia and the Early Role of Health Departments in Dog Licensing

Rabies had a lot more to do with the reason that we license dogs than you might think. Licensing is solving for a problem we no longer have – find out why.

Audrey Lodato

April 13, 2025

1870s, 1880s, 1890s, Animal Welfare

animal control, Animal Welfare, dogs, hydrophobia, Massachusetts, pasteur institute, Rabies