Dogs of Downton Abbey

hounddogsrunning:

The Blessing of the Hounds:

Huntsmen Jamie Green leads the hounds at the start of the first hunt of the season after the annual Blessing of the Hounds at Middleton Place Plantation November 25, 2012 in Charleston, South Carolina. Fox Hunting in South Carolina is a drag hunt which doesn’t kill live foxes.

The hunting hounds here are blessed as well, don’t worry! We’re Protestant of course, so it’s a little more subtle.

hounddogsrunning:

Fox Hunt, circa 1962

Is it hunting season yet?!? I say!

noisy bloody foxhounds. they hunt on Boxing Day, of course. I’m likely in by the fire with a juicy bone, after going missing. better safe inside than running with this lot.