{actually 26 photos} Robert Taylor loved animals–dogs and horses especially. He wasn’t sentimental about them, though, being a proficient hunter and fisherman. I don’t know how he felt about cats, although he cuddles one gently in High Wall. Here is a gallery of Robert Taylor with some of the dogs in his life.
Taylor and Barbara Stanwyck visited silent screen star William S. Hart during the filming of Billy the Kid. The dogs are Hart’s.
Newlyweds Taylor and Stanwyck and pets.
Pictures from the 1930s
During the filming of Camille, 1936. The Irish Setter is Jack.
Taylor dogs were well trained and obedient.
Canine companions for fishing and hunting, alone and with second wife Ursula Thiess.
Loading up Henry prior to an evacuation during a wildfire; Henry on another occasion with a friend.
Robert Taylor Actor 
Wonderful post! You know, I’ve also wondered if he loved cats as much as dogs and horses. After all, as cat lovers ourselves we can’t overlook such a thought! However, the way he picks up that kitten from the floor in “High Wall” makes me think he really was very fond of animals, no matter what kind they were. I have a magazine article from 1947 where he claims he used to “comb the dog and cat” at home. I certainly can imagine that!
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Hi, Su–did you notice in the photo of putting Henry in the car the sky is filled with smoke? Scary! Maybe I’ll ask Tessa about cats. I don’t like to bother her but she’s really so nice when I do.Judith
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Hi Judith,
Yes, I think that was the Mandeville Canyon fire we’ve read about in the biographies, Must have been terrible.
Tessa is so sweet and nice. As the saying goes, “The acorn doesn’t fall far from the tree.”
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Those are Hart’s Great Danes at the top, not Taylor’s
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Thanks. I’ve noted that in the posting. Judith
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