Amazing Dog Trivia

Extraordinary Canine Facts

© Joy Butler

Jul 6, 2006

Ranger, Joy Butler

Dogs are amazing creatures. Sometimes they gain fame through a stroke of luck and sometimes it’s due to extraordinary courage. You’ll enjoy this amazing dog trivia.

  • The Basset hound made famous in the Hush Puppies shoe commercials was named Biggles.

  • Biggles' grandson, Mr. Jeffries, earned fame as the dog with the longest ears in the world. His ears measured 11 and ½ inches each and he often tripped over them.

  • Tia, a 2 year old Neopolitan Mastiff gave birth to the world's largest litter in 2005. She delivered 24 puppies by caesarean section. Twenty of them survived, setting another record of the most surviving puppies.

  • The world's tallest dog is a Great Dane from Sacramento named Gibson. He measures 7 feet when standing upright.

  • Andrew Larkey of Sidney Australia, walked 11 dogs at once on leash for one kilometer.

  • Twelve veterinary science students from the University of Sydney set a record bathing dogs when they scrubbed 848 dogs in eight hours.

  • The real hero of the 1925 Serum Run was really Togo. The 12 year old husky led his sled dog team through 260 miles of blowing Alaskan blizzard to deliver emergency diphtheria serum to Nome. Balto received most of the fame because he led the final 55 miles.

  • The first search and rescue dog on the scene of the World Trade Center disaster on September 11. 2001, was Bear, an 11 year old Golden Retriever. He began recovery efforts immediately, working 18 hour days in the beginning.

  • Endal, a yellow Lab, helped rehabilitate a Gulf War veteran. He also saved Allen's life, when Allen was struck by a car and knocked from his wheelchair, unconscious. Endal pulled him into the recovery position, covered him with a blanket and grabbed his cell phone. After no response, he walked to a nearby hotel and raised the alarm.

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    1 The Japanese television crew watched, cameras whirling, as Endal, the yellow Labrador leaped up at the cash machine and, with his mouth, 'handed' the credit card and a wadge of ...

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