Most Famous Dogs in History. Smart, loyal, and loving dogs capture our hearts and attention like few other living creatures. In celebration of National Dog Day on Monday, August 2. Many of them are White House dogs, made famous by their politically powerful owners. Images/Pages/Entertainment/Shows/Sinbad-Foxwoods-Hero.jpg?n=8114' alt='Watch Sinbad: Where U Been? Online Facebook' title='Watch Sinbad: Where U Been? Online Facebook' />Collaboration of the Week Lilly Pulitzer x Watch Hill. The fashion brand Lilly Pulitzer is known for its Resort365 culture aka when wearing your vacation attire. Some are movie and television stars. But some are famous in their own right for acts of heroism, faithfulness, and devotion. Remember, these are all real dogs, not fictional characters, which makes them all the more awesome. Scroll through, and then go give your own pooch a good snuggle. BO OBAMAImage Source Official White House Photo by Pete Souza. Bo, the Portuguese water dog owned by the Obama family, is perhaps most famous for being mentioned in President Barack Obamas 2. Showtime Full La Metamorphose Du Papillon Online Free. Sasha and Malia I love you both more than you can imagine, Mr. GVSBnr.jpg?resize=678%2C381' alt='Watch Sinbad: Where U Been? Online Facebook' title='Watch Sinbad: Where U Been? Online Facebook' />Obama said. And you have earned the new puppy thats coming with us to the White House. The Obamas took into consideration daughter Malias allergies when selecting the Portuguese Water Dog it is considered a hypoallergenic breed. MILLIE BUSHImage Source Official White House photo. Millie, the English springer spaniel of Barbara and George H. W. Bush, was an enormously popular Presidential pet. Millie even wrote a book, appropriately titled Millies Book, which reached number one on the New York Times non fiction bestseller list. Vulture Watch. Can Bruce Wayne help Jim Gordon and Harvey Bullock beat back Gotham Citys criminal element Has the Gotham TV show been cancelled or renewed for a. SILICON VALLEY continues its tenepisode fourth season SUNDAY, MAY 07 100010 30pm., followed by other episodes subsequent Sundays at the same time. In this photo, Mrs. Bush helps Millie put her paw print on White House Christmas cards in 1. Fun fact While the Bushes were in office, Millie gave birth to a litter of six puppies. One of the puppies, Spot Fetcher, returned to the White House as the Presidential pet of George W. Bush. PAL, THE ORIGINAL LASSIEImage Source Batten, Barton, Durstine Osborn. Though Lassie is really a fictional character, shes arguably the most famous dog ever. The original Lassie character was played by a Rough Collie named Pal. Pals direct descendants have portrayed Lassie in film and on television, starting in 1. Fun Fact Although Lassie the character has always been female, she has always been portrayed by male Collies, who retain a thicker coat in summer and look more Collie ish on television. Also, male Collies are larger, and human child actors could play alongside them for longer before outgrowing them. In this 1. 95. 6 photo, Lassie portrayed by Pals son Lassie Junior looks on as Jeff Miller played by Tommy Rettig, works on his bike. RIN TIN TINImage Source Warner Brothers. Rin Tin Tin was a real dog, rescued from a French battlefield during World War I by American soldier Lee Duncan. Upon returning to the U. S., Duncan trained the German Shepherd and managed to get him small roles in a couple of silent films. In 1. 92. 9, Rin Tin Tin got his first big break a starring role in the 1. Where the North Begins. The film and Rin Tin Tin were smash successes, and the film is often credited with bringing Warner Bros. Rin Tin Tin went on to star in 2. The photo here is from the 1. Frozen River. SINBAD, UNITED STATES COAST GUARDImage Source U. S. Coast Guard Historians Office. Sinbad was a mixed breed canine sailor aboard the US Coast Guard Cutter George W. Blackadder Episodes Daily Motion. Campbell. Sinbad served 1. Coast Guard, including combat in World War II. The dog was  intended to be a gift to a girlfriend of Chief Boatswains Mate A. A. Blackie Rother, but the girlfriends apartment didnt allow dogs. Sinbad joined up with the Coast Guard by putting his paw print on his own enlistment papers and was issued his own service identification number. He was ultimately awarded the American Defense Service Medal, American Campaign Medal, European African Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal, and the Navy Occupation Service Medal. LEX, US MARINE CORPS WAR DOGImage Source L. Rich via Wikimedia Commons. Lex was the first active duty, working military dog to be granted early retirement in order to be adopted. While working in Fallujah, Iraq with US Marine Corps Cpl. Dustin J. Lee, Lex was wounded in an attack that killed his handler. According to reports, despite Lexs own injuries, he refused to leave the side of Cpl. Lee, and had to be dragged away to be treated by medics. Cpl. Lees parents, Jerome and Rachel Lee, appealed to the U. S. military to adopt Lex. Under a little used statute that allows working military dogs to be released from service early under special conditions, Lex was released to the Lees. Lex struggled with mobility issues due to retaining over 5. VA hospitals and retirement homes, said the American Kennel Club. Lex died of cancer in 2. Lex was awarded an honorary Purple Heart, and was honored in 2. American Kennel Club with an Award for Canine Excellence ACE. Cpl. Dustin Jerome Lee was scheduled to return home just six weeks after his death. He was awarded the Purple Heart and the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal with Combat Distinguishing Device for Valor. Cpl. Lee, who had begun working with rescue dogs at the age of five, was 2. PAVLOVS DOGSImage Source Robert Lawton via Wikimedia Commons. Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov won a Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1. This photo is of one of the many dogs Pavlov used in his experiments. It is preserved at the Pavlov Museum in Ryazan, Russia. The device on the side of the dogs head is a saliva catch container and tube, surgically implanted in the dogs muzzle. As gruesome as this is, Pavlovs work was novel at the time, because it didnt require the dogs to undergo vivisection and be killed at the end of the experiment. In 2. 01. 1, a BBC production called The Brain A Secret History detailed that Pavlov and his associates also conducted similar experiments on children. CAPITAN, A DOG IN MOURNINGImage Source ABC News. In 2. 01. 2, ABC News reported that a German shepherd named Capitan had returned to its owners grave every day for six years. After Manuel Guzman died in 2. A few days later, while visiting Mr. Guzmans grave, they found Capitan grieving at the gravesite. The dog goes home for a short time every day to visit his family, but then returns to the grave by evening, the cemetery director told reporters. CANINE RESCUE TEAM, 91. Image Source Joel Meyerowitz, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, State Department. Within 1. 5 minutes of the attack on the World Trade Center on September 1. SAR dog named Appollo was on site with his handler, Peter Davis of the New York City Police Department. In the following hours and days, over 3.