Thank you so much for the replies, very much appreciated!!! I joined this forum less than a day ago and what an education already it has been!
According to Pr Joseph Edgette of the Widener University, 12 dogs boarded the Titanic and were registered. Possibly there were a few more in the 2nd or 3rd class, but these dogs were probably more like 'smuggled'. I reckon this is possible, I did it myself with a quiet Jack Russel Terrier under my sweater on a Greek ferryboat (LOL).
We know for sure that Col JJ Astor IV and his young wife Madeleine had their pet Airedale Terrier 'Kitty' accompanying them. The dog was last seen pacing on the slanting deck after JJ Astor had helped his pregnant wife in lifeboat 4.
W. Carter had two dogs accompanying him and his family: also an (elderly) Airedale Terrier and a fox terrier. Harry Anderson had his chowchow with him. RW Daniel purchased a champion French Bulldog named Gamin. This small dog was kept with certitude in his cabin. The same accounts for two Pomerians: one belonging to M. Hays and one belonging to E. Rothshild. Also H. Harper and his wife kept their toy dog, a Pekingese called Sun Yat Sen, in their cabin. Also did H. Bishop, she kept a Pomerian like toy dog named FrouFrou in her cabin.
This makes a total of 9 dogs. For 4 of the missing dogs a claim was filed. 3 toy dogs were taken into the lifeboats and were rescued, Gamin and Froufrou were left in their cabins. Meaning that two Airedales (the one of JJ Astor and the one of Carter), one foxterrier and one chowchow would have resulted in 'the surrealistic view of pacing dogs on the slanting deck' and 'that someone must have set them free' (from the kennels situated at the
F-deck, but which was immerged by then??) Or were they freed from another location (from the Boatdeck - similar to sistership Olympic)?
Anyway, our count misses 3 dogs.
You mentioned every dog was + the owner registered. Could you please assist me where I can find the 3 'missing' dogs?
Much obliged, thank you very much for these interesting discussions.
Sincerely,
Dirk