American Dogs in the Military
The news that a dog had been an important member of the team that brought down Osama Bin Laden in the spring of 2011 highlighted the vital role dogs have […]
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Jean, Dog Star of Silent Films
Before Lassie and Rin Tin Tin, there was another canine screen star, one who starred in silent films. She was a Border collie, known as Jean, the Vitagraph dog. No
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Fala, FDR’s Beloved Dog
The year was 1940 and Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945), the 32nd president of the United States had been in office since 1933, governing through the years of the Great Depression
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Retired Police Dogs Join Pet Detective Team
One of the wonderful aspects of being a dog, I would think, is that you are only as old as you feel.
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The Irish Setter and the Maine Environmentalist
Though two Irish setters lived in the White House (one briefly with the Truman family, and another later with the Nixons), the most loved Irish setter who belonged to an
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Bo, First Dog
Campaign promises are important, and none more so than a campaign promise made by a candidate to his family.