It seems logical to me
that the child of a veterinarian, i.e. Rudolph Valentino would live
his life in the company of many animals; horses, dogs, birds of prey.
I was intrigued recently when Professor Aurelio Miccoli told us about
a kitten Valentino had as a child. This was written about by
Ivan Pissilenko (pseudonym
of the Italian journalist Antonio Franco Zicari) who wrote,
Rodolfo
Valentino, The life, The Loves in 1927.
He wrote about a kitten named Brunella who was particularly fond of
Valentino.
As the owner of two tiny
puppers who hold the status of royalty in our home, I am not a fan of
the large dog breeds. And some, if not all of Rudolph Valentino's
dogs were huge beasts lets face it. Not so much Sheik as we see
below... but he had many intimidating bull, mastiff and Wolfhound breed
dogs. These are the kinds of dogs small dog owners see and cross the
street.
I often wonder how these
dogs all got along... especially with Natacha always surrounded by
the tiny Pekinese pups. In our experience most big dogs perceive
little dogs as edible rabbits or cats.... basically snacks.
