Welcome back! This week, Seaira travels back in time to meet the Moustache, a Barbet whose life helped define the breed and earn their place in history.

Cooper, Jilly. Animals in War. London: Corgi Books, 1983.

Kistler, John M. Animals in the Military: From Hannibal’s Elephants to the Dolphins of the U.S. Navy. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2011.

Winegard, Timothy C. The Mosquito: A Human History of Our Deadliest Predator. New York: Dutton, 2019.

Service Historique de la Défense. French Army historical archives and regimental records. Vincennes, France.

Société Centrale Canine. Historical breed documentation and canine heritage publications relating to French dog breeds including the Barbet.

French regimental memoir collections from the nineteenth century.

Post-Napoleonic French military anecdote compilations.

Articles in French historical journals discussing regimental mascots and military animals.

French canine history texts discussing early water dog breeds and their historical roles.

“Monsters of the Past” by Paweł Feszczuk. Free Music Archive. Licensed under CC BY 4.0 (Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International).

“Run With a Power of a Thousand Soldiers” by Paweł Feszczuk. Free Music Archive. Licensed under CC BY 4.0 (Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International).

“Peace Within” by Peter Rudenko. Free Music Archive. Licensed under CC BY 4.0 (Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International).

“In Search of Lost Lover” by Livio Amato. Free Music Archive. Licensed under CC BY 4.0 (Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International).