List of famous dogs
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Dogs famous in their own right
- 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
- Dempsey, condemned to death under the United Kingdom's Dangerous Dogs Act but finally reprieved after 3 years of legal battles
- 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
- Laika, the dog aboard Sputnik 2
- Lucille, the dog in Pack of Two by Caroline Knapp
- 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 dog, who drools saliva involuntarily when hearing the sound of a bell (a signal of "dinner's ready!")
- 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
- Strongheart, first German Shepherd Dog with name-above-the-title billing in film
- Stubby, an American Pit Bull Terrier, the most decorated American war dog in World War II
- 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 (http://www.randomhouse.com/bantamdell/koontz/meet_trixie_summer04.html)
- Tulip, J. R. Ackerley's German shepherd, written about in My Dog Tulip
- Mr. Winkle, "the cutest dog in the universe" Mr. Winkle (http://www.mrwinkle.com/)
Pets of famous people
Famous pets of Presidents and their wives
- 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
- 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
- Blondie, dog of Adolf Hitler
- Boatswain, favorite pet of Lord Byron. See the Byron article for the poet's famous "Epitaph to a dog".
- Boy, Prince Rupert of the Rhine's dog who went into battle with him
- Centaur Pendragon, Rudolph Valentino's Irish Wolfhound
- 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
- 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
- Pompe, Charles XII of Sweden's dog
- 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
Related Topics
External link
- The Presidential Pet Museum (http://www.presidentialpetmuseum.com/) (includes comprehensive list of White House pets, including dogs)
- Famous people's dogs (http://www.citizenlunchbox.com/famous/petdogs.html)