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- 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
- Brown Dog, killed after vivisection in February 1903; a memorial statue provoked riots
- 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
- Girella, a female Portuguese Water Dog , who meets musicians ( like Deep Purple , Franz Ferdinand , .. ) if she lays her head on the speaker while a song of the band is played. "Dog Likes Music"
- 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 Australia after service in Europe, he was saved by his mates smuggling him to his new home in Australia.
- Judy - ship's dog, a pointer, who served with Royal Navy and helped find food when crew became POWs of Japanese. Awarded the Dickin Medal in 1946.
- 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.
- Bud Nelson (canine), the first dog to travel across the United States
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