Just to get the frivolity out of the way before tomorrow:
Some of those are from personal knowledge; some are from citizen lunchbox.
1. Bobby--Greyfriar's Bobby. Faithful Skye Terrier guarded his master's grave in Edinburgh for 14 years.
2. Jip--Mongrel in Hugh Lofting's Dr. Dolittle books. Also Dora's dog in David Copperfield.
3. Laika--First dog in space, Sputnik 2, Nov. 3, 1957
4. Fala--FDR's Scottie
5. Tyke--Buster Brown's dog
6. Asta--Schnauzer in "The Thin Man", William Powell and Myrna Loy as Nick and Nora Charles.
7. Laddie Boy--Warren G. Harding's dog (presumably not implicated in Teapot Dome); a copper statue of the dog is enshrined in the Smithsonian
8. Bingo--Cracker Jacks dog; title character of children's song; 1991 movie title character
9. Bob--Nuthanger Farm dog in Richard Adams' Watership Down
10. Sandy--Little Orphan Annie's dog
I was in Edinburgh and saw the statue dedicated to Greyfriar's Bobby.
He guarded the grave every day until he died....
Me too.
Posted by: Linkmeister at September 11, 2002 08:59 AM