Mother Mack's Puppies Find Happy Homes

Description: In Southern California a breeder of Scottish Terriers explains puppy care and the process of puppy rearing, training, and placement, with Black families, Asian American farming families, and working-class families among others all shown to benefit from the experience of adopting a Scottie dog.

leader notes:
"Mother Mack's Puppies Find Happy Homes #25"

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Subjects: 1950s, Animals, Human-animal relationships, Children

Tags: dogs; puppies; litters; training puppies; dog tricks; grooming puppies; brushing puppies; Scottish Terriers; Scotties; dog breeding; elder man picking out puppy to take home; animal care; cardboard box dog bed; Boy Scouts of America uniform; black cats; cat and dog sharing space; puppies on leash getting tangled; boy tangled in leashes; animal companionship; Asian American children; placement; Black children playing with puppy; African American families; backyards; water bowls; animals drinking; puppy engages water spout; The End title

Film Sponsor:

Creator: Emily Benton Frith, Frith Films

Credits: Presented by Frith Films
Produced and Photographed by Emily Benton Frith

Commentator: Don McNamara

Sound by Telefilm

Distributor:

Contributor: Prelinger Archives

Source Collection: Frith Films Collection, Prelinger Archives

Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive

Production Date: circa 1955

Release Date:

Geographical Location: USA

Genre/Form: educational

Language: eng

Rights:

Film Format: 16mm film

Element: duplicate reversal

Color: color

Color Process: Kodachrome

Sound or Silent: sound

Film Soundtrack Type: variable area, optical

Edge Code:

Frame Rate: 24 fps

Length (feet): 403