Dogs of State by A.M. Foley
Maryland led the nation in 1964, creating a tradition that has since been adopted by twelve other states. Maryland was the first to elect an Official State Dog, naming (of course) the Chesapeake Bay Retriever. One year later, Pennsylvania jumped on the bandwagon, formally selecting the Great Dane, though the breed is German in origin and not locally developed, as were Chessies.
Other states subsequently chose breeds and categories foreign and domestic. Selected breeds originating within state borders were: North Carolina’s Plott Hound, the Texas Blue Lacy, New Hampshire’s Chinook, the Alaskan Malamute and Massachusetts’s Boston Terrier. As for Delaware, it may be known as “The First State,” but it was late to this party, not naming the Golden Retriever as its State
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