Updated: January 22, 2026
The dog's pedigree, as his master had drawlingly proclaimed, was "p'yart houn', p'yart bull, p'yart cur, p'yart terrier, an' the rest of him wal, jes' dog." Reverse this and it will be Carpenter's: Just dog, with a sprinkling of bull, cur, terrier, and hound.