Dogs famous in their own right

• Ashley Whippet, the first frisbee 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
• Dempsey, condemned to death under the United Kingdom's Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 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
• Handsome Dan, the Yale University mascot
• 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
• Snuppy, an Afghan Hound, the first cloned 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 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
• Mr. Winkle, "the cutest dog in the universe" Mr. Winkle
• Name unknown ship's dog, a pointer, who served with Royal Navy and helped find food when crew became POWs of Japanese.

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