List of historical dogs

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1 Dogs famous in their own right

Dogs famous in their own right

Balto, lead dog of sled-dog team that delivered medicine from Anchorage to Nome, Alaska to save Nome from a diphtheria epidemic
Belka, dog aboard Sputnik 5.
Hachiko [1] , a symbol of loyalty in Japan, now honored by a statue in Tokyo
Greyfriars Bobby, with a story very similar to Hachiko's [2]
Laika, the dog aboard Sputnik 2.
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.
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.
Robot, dog who discovered the cave paintings at Lascaux
Strelka, dog aboard Sputnik 5.

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
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

Boatswain, favorite pet of Lord Byron
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.
Nigger, a black Labrador Retriever who gave his name as the codename for the Dam Busters mission in World War II. (He was given the name solely because he was black, but it is usually edited out of modern versions of the film about the mission.)
Pompe, Charles XII of Sweden's dog.
Seaman, Meriwether Lewis's Newfoundland during the expedition.

The Presidential Pet Museum (includes comprehensive list of White House pets, including dogs)
Famous people's dogs