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Real Life Dogs Famous from 1960 to 1979

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famous dog Axelrod
Axelrod 
In advertisments for Flying A Service Station; owned by Tidewater Oil Company.
BREED: Basset Hound   YEARS: Ads: 1965-1966.
famous dog Checkers
Checkers 
Pet dog of President Richard Nixon, famous because of the Checker's speech. Also the president had dogs Irish setter King Timahoe, Terrier Pasha and Poodle Vicki.
BREED: Cocker Spaniel   YEARS: Dog: 1952-1964.
famous dog Edgar
Edgar  (See also Farley)
The second family dog in the comic strip For Better or Worse; about a regular Canadian family; created by Lynn Johnston. Since 2008, the strip continues as reruns. Edgar appears in 1995 after first dog Farley died.
BREED: English Sheepdog   YEARS: Comic strip: 1979- now. Dog: 1995.
famous dog Farley
Farley  (See also Edgar)
The first family dog in the comic strip For Better or Worse; about a regular Canadian family; created by Lynn Johnston. Since 2008, the strip continues as reruns. Edgar appears in 1995 after first dog Farley died.
BREED: English Sheepdog   YEARS: Comic strip: 1979-1995. Dog: 1979.
famous dog Feller
Feller 
Pet dog of President Harry S Truman. Since no one in the White House wanted the puppy Truman decided to give him to the White House physician. There was also Irish Setter Mike.
BREED: Cocker Spaniel English   YEARS: Dog: 1947-1961.
famous dog Grits
Grits 
Pet dog of President Jimmy Carter's daughter Amy, a gift from her teacher. The dog was given back shortly afterwards. Also there was Afghan Hound Lewis Brown.
BREED: Mixed breed   YEARS: Dog: 1978-1980.
famous dog Heidi
Heidi 
Pet of President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
BREED: Weimaraner   YEARS: Dog: 1956-1966.
famous dog Higgins
Higgins  (See also character Benji)
Dog actor known mainly for his role as Benji in films and as the uncredited dog who played the character of "Dog" on the television sitcom Petticoat Junction. (More about Higgins.)
BREED: Mixed breed   YEARS: Dog: 1954-1975.
famous dog Him and Her
Him and Her 
Pet dogs of President Lyndon Johnson. Her died at the White House in November 1964 after she swallowed a stone. Him died in June 1966 when he was hit by a car while chasing a squirrel. Also the president had Collie Blanco, Beagles Edgar and Freckles, and mongerl Yuki.
BREED: Beagles   YEARS: Dog: 1963-1966.

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famous dog Jason
Jason 
In advertisements for Hush Puppies, a brand of casual shoes by Wolverine Worldwide.
BREED: Basset Hound   YEARS: Ads: since 1985- now. Dog: 1979-1990.
famous dog Lad
Lad  (Real-life dog Lad)   
The author's dog in the movie Lad: A Dog; starring Peter Breck; based on a series of short stories by Albert Terhune about his real-life Rough Collie.
BREED: Rough Collie   YEARS: Dog: 1902-1918. Book: 1919. Movie: 1962.
famous dog Lampo
Lampo  (Statue Lampo)   
Elvio's dog in life and in the book Lampo, the Traveling Dog. The dog rode trains by himself to various parts of Italy and always returned. Station workers everywhere would tie rail ticket stubs to his collar showing where he'd been. His statue is at Campiglia Marittima Station.
BREED: Mixed breed   YEARS: Dog: 1953-1961. Book: 1963.
famous dog Liberty
Liberty 
Pet dog of President Gerald R. Ford, given to the president as an 8-month-old puppy by his daughter Susan Ford and new White House photographer David Hume Kennerly. Also there was dogs Lucky and Misty. (More about Liberty.)
BREED: Golden Retriever   YEARS: Dog: 1974-1984.
famous dog Man Ray
Man Ray  (See also Fay Ray)
The first dog model in the famous photos of photographer William Wegman, named after the American artist born Emmanuel Radnitzky.
BREED: Weimaraner   YEARS: Dog: 1970- 1982.
famous dog Nemo
Nemo 
Sentry dog for the 377th Security Police Squadron of the U.S. Air Force and hero war dog in vietnam; injured in December, 1966 while on duty.
BREED: German Shepherd   YEARS: War bravery: 1966. Dog: 1962-1972.
famous dog Nipper
Nipper 
In advertisements for The Gramophone Company, then RCA. (More about Nipper.)
BREED: Terrier mix  YEARS: Dog: 1884-1895. Ads: early 1900-1977.
famous dog Pickles
Pickles 
Hero in finding the soccer World Cup trophy and a character in the British movie The Spy with a Cold Nose; about a dog is fitted with a covert listening device then passed between agents of the Russian and British intelligence branches; starring Laurence Harvey. (More about Pickles fame.)
BREED: White Collie   YEARS: Movie: 1966. Dog: 1962-1067.
famous dog Pushinka
Pushinka 
Pet of President John F. Kennedy, a gift to daughter Caroline as a sign of friendship and a peace offering from Soviet Premier Khrushchev. The dog was the puppy of a Russian space dog Strelka and she and Kennedy's other dog Charlie had four pups together. Also there were six other dogs.
BREED: Mixed breed   YEARS: Dog: 1961-1963.
famous dog Red Dog
Red Dog  (Originally named Tally Ho)
The dog who unites the people of Dampier, Western Australia, in the movie Red Dog; based on the book Red Dog written by Louis de Bernières which was based upon a real life dog called Red Dog.
BREED: Kelpie-Cattle Dog mix   YEARS: Dog: 1971-1979. Book: 1993. Movie: 2011.

 

 

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famous dog Sensation
Sensation  (Another Sensation)   
Representative dog image for the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. A dog named Don which had won bench championships in England in 1875 and 1876, became the symbolic image for the Kennel Club because of the 1935 steel engraving of “Sensation” by artist J. Wellstood. From 1980-1982, a head study of the dog gained popularity. (More about Sensation.)
BREED: Pointer   YEARS: Dog: 1870s. In Kennel catalog: 1936- now.
famous dog Willie
Willie  (formerly Punch; apparently the dog was not named after "William the Conqueror" as suggested in the movie Patton)
Companion pet for George S. Patton; the American general, devoted dog lover, acquired a terrier puppy in Europe during World War II. The dog folowed him around everywhere. The character Willie also appeared in the movie Patton.
BREED: Bull Terrier   YEARS: Dog: 1943-1955. Movie: 1970.

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The number of Real Life Dogs Famous from 1960 to 1979 is 21

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1. Axelrod  (Flying A Service Station)
2. Jason  (Hush Puppies)
3. Sensation  (Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show)

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  Dog Name  (Venue)


1.  Axelrod  (Flying A Service Station)
2.  Checkers  (President Richard Nixon)
3.  Edgar  (For Better or Worse)
4.  Farley  (For Better or Worse)
5.  Feller  (President Harry S Truman)
6.  Grits  (President Jimmy Carter's)
7.  Heidi  (President Dwight D. Eisenhower)
8.  Higgins  (Benji)
9.  Him and Her  (President Lyndon Johnson)
10.  Jason  (Hush Puppies)
11.  Lad  (Lad
12.  Lampo  (Lampo, the Traveling Dog)
13.  Liberty  (President Gerald R. Ford)
14.  Man Ray  (William Wegman)
15.  Nemo  (hero war dog in vietnam)
16.  Nipper  (The Gramophone Company)
17.  Pickles  (The Spy with a Cold Nose)
18.  Pushinka  (President John F. Kennedy)
19.  Red Dog  (Red Dog)
20.  Sensation  (Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show)
21.  Willie  (George S. Patton)
  


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