In Focus Tour: Barking Around: Dogs in the Renaissance and Medieval Galleries

Learn new insights into the medieval world as we stroll around examining in detail beautifully crafted objects depicting dogs, from tapestries and brasses to stained glass and ivories. Dr Kathleen Walker-Meikle, an authority on medieval animals, will help you discover the multiple roles dogs played in the period, from keen hunting hounds, vigilant guardians and as pampered pooches. Through these objects learn how in the Middle Ages you might get a dog, what you would call it, how to keep it fit and healthy, stop it from running away, feed it, and even where it might choose to sleep at night. Unleash your new knowledge and explore then other galleries in the V&A and you will start spotting dogs everywhere!