During the “Dog Days of Summer,” we examined America’ stories through its dogs. You’ll be amazed by stories about the dogs of 9-11, the first seeing eye dog in the U.S., and how the K-9 corps of World War II was made up of people’s pets.
In 1886 a steamship from San Francisco, the Santa Rosa, arrived in San Diego, and among those who got off the boat was a stowaway… a dog described as a […]
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In the 1880s in San Bernardino county–just northeast of Los Angeles–the town of Calico, California, had an unusual mail carrier—a dog. Jim Stacy worked as postmaster in Calico and his
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Last week one of the featured dogs in our series was Sinbad, a mascot for the Coast Guard during the late 1930s-40s.
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Rutherford and Lucy Hayes both loved animals. They came to Washington with several pets, but their favorite by far was a dog named Grim. This was also an era when
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When looking for amazing stories about dogs, I came upon Shanda, a golden retriever, who served as mayor of Guffey, Colorado, from 1993-1998. Sadly she died in office. As with
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“A dog is a man’s best friend.” Dog lovers know this is true, but few know that the saying came as a result of a Missouri court case between two
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