List of famous dogs
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This is a list of real dogs, see also the list of fictional dogs.
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Dogs famous in their own right
- Ashley Whippet, the first disc dog superstar and arguably the best. Certainly the most famous canine athlete.
- Balto, final lead dog of 1925 serum run to Nome which relayed diphtheria antitoxin by dog sled across the U.S. territory of Alaska to combat an epidemic
- Beautiful Joe, an abused dog that inspired an 1894 bestselling novel
- Belka, a dog aboard Sputnik 5
- Blue, Don Cherry's dog
- Chips the dog, hero wardog of World War II
- Cricket, the New England Black Dog of Jerry Springer fame
- Dempsey, condemned to death under the United Kingdom's Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 but finally reprieved after 3 years of legal battles
- Faith, the only known bipedal dog in the world
- Greyfriars Bobby, a dog loyal to its master long after the master's death
- Hachiko, a symbol of loyalty in Japan, now honored by a statue in Tokyo
- Handsome Dan, the Yale University mascot
- Horrie the wog dog, found in Egypt by Australian Forces in 1942 during Second World War. Saved the lives of may Australian soldiers. Refused admission back to Autralian after service in Europe, he was saved by his mates smuggling him to his new home in Australia.
- Laika, the dog aboard Sputnik 2 and the first animal to enter orbit.
- Nipper, the HMV (His Master's Voice) dog
- Old Shep – after seeing the coffin of his master loaded onto a train in Fort Benton, Montana, Old Shep maintained a vigil at the station for over five years.
- Owney, the official United States Postal Service dog, who rode the trains with the mail in the 19th century, and now, stuffed, is in the National Postal Museum in Washington, D.C.
- Pal, the dog who played Lassie in the movie Lassie Come Home, based on the novel by Eric Knight
- Pavlov's dogs, who were subjects of Pavlov's famous research on classical conditioning.
- Petra, the first Blue Peter dog
- Pickles, discovered the Jules Rimet trophy (the Football World Cup) after it had been stolen in England in 1966
- Rico, a dog with a huge vocabulary
- Rin Tin Tin, German Shepherd Dog credited with saving Warner Brothers
- Robot, dog who discovered the cave paintings at Lascaux
- Strelka, a dog aboard Sputnik 5
- Shep the Border Collie, another Blue Peter dog
- Snuppy, an Afghan Hound, the first cloned dog.
- Strongheart, first German Shepherd Dog with name-above-the-title billing in film
- Sergeant Stubby, an Bull Terrier, the most decorated American war dog in US history for service during World War I.
- Togo, lead dog who covered the most distance during the 1925 serum run to Nome which relayed diphtheria antitoxin by dog sled across the U.S. territory of Alaska to combat an epidemic
- Trixie Koontz, Golden retriever, a retired service dog, purported author of Life Is Good, and companion of Dean Koontz - [meet Trixie]
- Tulip, J. R. Ackerley's German shepherd, written about in My Dog Tulip
- Uga, members of a line of English bulldogs who serve as mascots for the University of Georgia
- Mr. Winkle, "the cutest dog in the universe" [Mr. Winkle]
- Zorba (Mastiff), an English Mastiff recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the heaviest dog in the world.
- Name unknown ship's dog, a pointer, who served with Royal Navy and helped find food when crew became POWs of Japanese.
Pets of famous people
Famous pets of
- Barney, U.S. President George W. Bush's Scottish Terrier
- Buddy, U.S. President Clinton's chocolate Labrador Retriever
- Checkers, U.S. President Nixon's Cocker Spaniel, made famous in the Checkers speech
- [Dash], U.S. President Benjamin Harrison and wife Caroline.
- Him and Her, U.S. President Lyndon Johnson's Beagles, made famous by Johnson lifting them by their ears
- Jack, U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt's terrier
- Murray of Fala Hill (or Fala), U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Scottish Terrier, given by his cousin, Margaret Suckley, and depicted in the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial
- Manchu, Alice Roosevelt's small black Pekingese which she received as a gift from the last empress of China
- Millie, U.S. First Lady Barbara Bush's Springer Spaniel
- Pete, U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt's Bull Terrier, who bit so many people he was exiled from the White House
- Sailor Boy, U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt's Chesapeake Bay Retriever.
- Skip, U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt's mongrel
- Spot "Spotty" Fetcher, U.S. President George W. Bush's English Springer Spaniel, named after Scott Fletcher, a former Texas Rangers baseball player
- See also the complete List of U.S. Presidential pets, famous and not so
Famous pets of other famous people
- Baltique, dog of François Mitterrand
- Blondi, dog of Adolf Hitler
- Boatswain, favorite pet of Lord Byron. See the Byron article for the poet's famous "Epitaph to a dog".
- Bounce, belonging to Alexander Pope
- Boy, Prince Rupert of the Rhine's dog who went into battle with him
- Centaur Pendragon, Rudolph Valentino's Irish Wolfhound
- Dash, belonging to Charles Lamb
- Diamond, Sir Isaac Newton's favorite dog
- Flush, Elizabeth Barrett's Cocker spaniel, who didn't much like Robert Browning at first
- Jeannie, James Thurber's Scottish terrier, who had her seventh puppy at the corner of 11th St. and 5th Ave. in New York City
- Kato, Nicole Brown Simpson's Akita
- Nigger, a black Labrador Retriever who gave his name as the codename for the Dam Busters mission in World War II. (His name is usually edited out of modern versions of the film about the mission.)
- Muggs, James Thurber's family's Airedale, the dog that bit people
- Lou dog , Bradley Nowell's (Sublime (band)'s volcalist & guitarist) dog
- Pompe, Charles XII of Sweden's dog
- Poppy, (died c.2000), chihuahua belonging to "quirky" movie director Tim Burton and his ex-fiance, model Lisa Marie(Smith), Poppy was found in Tokyo, Japan, while Tim, Lisa, and some friends were driving. Poppy starred in Burton's film Mars Attacks! and possibly had a role in Ed Wood as one of Bela Lugosi's dogs (which in reality were of a large breed, but in the movie were tiny chihuahuas). Poppy died in the early 2000s around the time that Burton started dating Helena Bonham Carter. Burton claims that he wants to be buried alongside his dog, so long as the cemetery owners agree to it.
- Rex, James Thurber's family's Bull terrier, who dragged home a chest of drawers
- Roger, Widdle, and Puke, Gerald Durrell's dogs, and his companions on many excursions in his books about growing up on Corfu
- Seaman, Meriwether Lewis's Newfoundland during the expedition
- Tinkerbell, dog of Paris Hilton.
See also
External links
- [The Presidential Pet Museum] (includes comprehensive list of White House pets, including dogs)
- [Famous people's dogs]
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