We started the 4-H dog obedience classes last night....not as good of a turnout as I was hoping for, but it's a start ! While looking for some fun material for next week's meeting, I found a list of canine celebrities...We all know Lassie, but how many of these other famous barkers have you enjoyed watching on screen ???
Air Bud...Lady & The Tramp....ToTo...who is your favorite Canine Star ???
This 2008 film was described as "life and love with the world's worst dog" . The uncredited lab that played the adult dog was named Jonah.
Tom Hanks teamed up with Beaseley, a Dogue de Bordeaux, for the canine cop comedy Turner & Hootch (1989). They were "the oddest couple ever unleashed"! 
Who could forget the slobbering mega-star Beethoven (1992), a Saint Bernard who's antics were said to "grow on you" !
This is Fang, Hagrid's beloved giant pet in the Harry Potter films. Described as a boarhound in the movie, he is in fact played by 4 different Neapolitan Mastiffs.
Men In Black (1997) intoduced us to Mushu, a very well trained Pug that played alien in disguise Frank in this blockbuster film.
2008 's I Am Legend paired Will Smith with a 3 year old German Shepherd named Abbey that played his best friend Sam in postapocalyptic New York City in this sci-fi epic. 
In the film 101 Dalmations, a total of 211 dalmation puppies were filmed ! WOW! 
In real life, Rin Tin Tin was a pup called Rinty found by American serviceman Lee Duncan a few months before the end of WW1. French children gave the American soldiers a puppet called rintintin for good luck.
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