The Innocence of Dogs

<p>According to my mother, growing up in Shanghai in the 1930s her father was a great lover of German Shepard dogs. He kept a kennel full of them and my mother came to love these dogs as well. One of them was named Billow. She spoke often of playing with Billow and the other dogs as a young girl in the spacious gardens of their Shanghai estate. She recalled cherry blossoms, laughter and much joyous barking.</p> <p>Dog kennels were just one of the signs of status in the bad old days of Shanghai. Limousines, furs, fine dining and dancing as well as regular parties with swanky foreigners were also a part of Chinese high society back then. This was the world my mother grew up in.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/the-narrative-arc/the-innocence-of-dogs-3d72a20ecd9a"><strong>Learn More</strong></a></p>