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> Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2013 14:52:09 -0600
> From: Karen Reeds <[email protected]>
> Subject: [Origami] Traditional action model of horse or dog ???
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> Hi.
> My  90 yr old Viennese mother-in-law recalls that, as a little girl, she
> folded a horse or dog. If you pulled its tail, its head would go up and
> down. Does anyone recognize a traditional model like this? Point me to
> diagrams or photos? I'd be delighted to be able to show it to her.
>
>  Even though her short-term memory is terrible, her fingers still know the
> traditional paper hat and its transformation into a paper boat as well as
> the traditional steamship ( from blintz base). She fondly remembers
> spending evenings with her mother and brother folding paper ("there was no
> TV, of course.")
>
> Thanks for any leads to the action horse.
>
> Karen
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> 11-24-2013
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>
Hi, Karen.

I don't know about an action horse, but I do know of a "Barking Dog" model,
where you pull its tail and the head moves. I know for sure it's diagrammed
in "The Joy of Origami" by Toshie Takahama, but a quick web search for
"origami barking dog" seemed to turn up pictures of virtually the same
model. This one looks to fit the bill:
http://www.origami-instructions.com/origami-barking-dog.html.

Hope that helps!

*Matthew*

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