According to the Vogue Book of Etiquette (1948, Simon & Schuster), this is the polite and proper way to use the word “dog”:
DOG should not be used instead of “hound,” meaning one of the pack of hounds. “Dog” is correct in speaking of sporting dogs, such as retrievers and pointers, which hunt separately and not in packs. The only correct use of the word “dog” in connection with hounds is in making a sex differentiation: “The dogs are in this kennel, the bitches on the other side.”
From now on, Pop Effect shall adhere to this usage—and this usage only. Thank you, Ryan, for the exceedingly useful gift.
