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Famous Real and Fictional Dogs
Famous Dogs I
- Laika - first animal to orbit the Earth. Went into space aboard Sputnik 2.
- Nipper - dog with the gramophone in the HMV logo.
- Scamper – member of the Secret Seven created by Enid Blyton.
- Toto - Dorothy's dog in The Wizard of Oz.
- Greyfriars Bobby - a Skye Terrier in Edinburgh who watched over his master's grave for 14 years in the mid-19th century.
- Bull's-eye - dog belonging to Bill Sikes in Charles Dickens's Oliver Twist.
- Boot - Old English Sheepdog in The Perishers comic strip first printed in the Daily Mirror in 1959.
- Schnorbitz - St Bernard owned by English comedian Bernie Winters.
- Copper - in The Fox and the Hound Walt Disney film.
- Slinky - Toy Story.
- Reckless - the dog in the Waltons.
- Petra - the first Blue Peter dog
- Eddie - the TV show Frasier.
- Pickles - known for finding the stolen Jules Rimet Football World Cup in 1966.
- Blondi - Adolf Hitler's German Shepherd Dog.
- Boatswain - the favorite pet of Lord Byron and the subject of the poem Epitaph to a Dog.
Famous Dogs II
- Montmorency - narrator's fox terrier in the novel Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome.
- Timothy - George's pet dog in Enid Blyton's children's adventure novel, The Famous Five.
- Santa's Little Helper - cartoon pet greyhound in the animated television series The Simpsons.
- Peritas - Alexander the Great's dog.
- Snowy - Tin Tin's Dog.
- Spike - Tom and Jerry cartoons.
- K9 - Dr Who's dog.
- Gnasher - Dennis the Menace's dog.
- Cerberus - in Greek mythology, the multi-headed watchdog of the underworld.
- Dougal - The Magic Roundabout children's TV programme that ran from 1965 to 1977.
- Gelert - legendary dog associated with King Llywelyn and the Welsh village of Beddgelert.
- Toby - Mr Punch's dog in Punch and Judy.
- Digby - title character of British children's fantasy-adventure comedy film The Biggest Dog in the World.
- Scrappy-Doo - fictional Great Dane, nephew of Scooby-Doo.
- Cavall - King Arthur's dog.
- Checkers - President Richard Nixon.
- Susan - All of the Queen's Pembroke Corgis descended from this dog.
- Buddy - President Bill Clinton's Labrador Retriever.
- Donnchadh - Bloodhound owned by Robert the Bruce.
- Shep - Blue Peter dog associated with presenter John Noakes.
- Sandy - Little Orphan Annie.
- Rin Tin Tin - rescued from a World War I battlefield and gained worldwide fame by appearing in 27 Hollywood films.
- Mick the Miller - first greyhound to win the English Derby. Years active: 1928–1931.
- Swansea Jack - rescued people from Swansea Bay and the River Tawe in the 1930s.