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This page attempts to record what is known about the origin and history of folded Paper Dogs. Please contact me if you know any of this information is incorrect or if you have any other information that should be added. Thank you.

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1956

'Paper Magic' by Robert Harbin, which was published by Oldbourne in London in 1956 contains diagrams for Harbin's Scottie Do, which is half Waterbomb, half Bellows.

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1958

A very simple dog's face appears in 'Origami: Book Two' by Florence Sakade, which was published by the Charles E Tuttle Company in Rutland, Vermont and Tokyo in 1958

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1959

A Dog, probably a compound design, is pictured, but not explained, in 'How to Make Origami' by Isao Honda, which was published by Toto Shuppan Co. Ltd in Japan, by McDowell Obolensky of New York in the USA and by Museum Press Ltd of London in England, in 1959.

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1959

A slightly differentversion of the same Compound Dog appears in 'Pocket Guide to Origami: Bow-Wow Book', by Isao Honda, which was published by the Asahi Origami Club, Tokyo in 1959.

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