TOTO'S REAL NAME IS TERRY, BUT HE WAS LEFT ON THE STREET AS A DOG. CARL SPITZ, A GERMAN IMMIGRANT AND THE FAMOUS DOG TRAINER OF HOLLYWOOD, TOOK HER IN AND RAISED HER AS HIS OWN.
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This cute Rough Collie, who is always getting into adventures and saving the day, first appeared in a short story in 1939. Since then, she has been in books, movies, TV shows, and even video games.
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Scooby Doo is possibly one of the most well-known dogs in the world, even though he is not a real dog. This popular dog has been around since the 1960s, and since then, a lot of movies, TV shows, games, and other products have been made with the cowardly Great Dane as the main character.
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During World War I, an American soldier named Lee Duncan found Rin Tin Tin in war-torn France and took him in. After the war, Rin Tin Tin went home with Duncan to Los Angeles, where he was soon noticed by a filmmaker who saw him jump an amazing 12 feet high at a dog show.
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In 1925, there was an outbreak of diphtheria in the Alaskan city of Nome. The only medicine was in Anchorage, 500 miles away, and the only way to get there was by dog sled.
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As the Second World War was getting closer, "Blackie" Rother bought his girlfriend a dog so she would have company. But her owner wouldn't let her do it.
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Nemo was a guard dog at the Tan Son Nhut Air Base during the Vietnam War. Because dogs have a great sense of smell and hearing, they could let their human sentry partners know when enemy forces were nearby even when the dogs couldn't see them.
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