5 Famous Dogs Of The World and their stories.

Want to know about these most famous doggies in the world? Check this article out!

These 5 amazing dogs have stuck throughout history with their loyal and dedicated stories proving that a persons best friend is truly their dog. I share these stories with you today to keep their name and memories alive.

Rin Tin Tin.

A German Shepherd that saved Warner Brothers Studio from bankruptcy.

(October 10, 1918 – August 10, 1932)

This incredible dog was found on a battlefield in France during World War One by an American Soldier named Lee Duncan.

This Soldier rescued him and the Shepherd's siblings from a bombed-out kennel in France of 1918.

Lee trained and brought Rin Tin Tin to Hollywood and he later became a famous movie star acting in 27 Hollywood films in the 1920's. Such as "Where the North begins". This is credited to be the movie that saved the company.

His name was inspired by small woollen dolls that were given to American Soldiers by French children as a symbol of good luck.

Togo.

This dynamic duo played key roles in the 1925 Serum Run To Nome, across Central and Northern Alaska.

(1913 – December 5, 1929)

He was a Siberian Husky Sled-dog who led his sledding pack through the most dangerous parts of the trail.

He was know to be a true leader ever since he was a puppy showing extreme feats of dedication and endurance. He continue these behaviours into his adult years.

He only spent a few weeks as a house pet as he would run awa y back to his owner, Leonhard Seppala's, kennel. This showed try devotion to his owner/team.

Togo would also jump the kennel's fence when his owner would take other sledding dogs out and not him, trying to lead the pack.

In 1925, in response to an epidemic, the first batch of 300,240 units of diphtheria serum was delivered by train from Anchorage to Nenana, Alaska, where it was picked up by Togo's pack and his owner.

Then the return trip crossed the exposed open ice of the Norton Sound. The night and a ground blizzard prevented Seppala from being able to see the path but Togo navigated to the roadhouse at Isaac's Point on the shore by 8 PM preventing certain death to his team.

Laika.

The sad story of Laika.

(1954 - 3 November 1957)

This sweet, amazing and overall wonderful dog was sent up to space in a shuttle to orbit the earth. She was one of the first animals to be sent to space unfortunately she would not make it back.

A stray mongrel from the streets of Moscow, she flew aboard the Sputnik 2 spacecraft, launched into low orbit on 3 November 1957. As the technology to re-enter the atmosphere had not yet been developed, Laika's survival was never expected.

It is speculated about how exactly she died. It was widely reported that she died when her oxygen ran out on day six but it is also reported that she over-heated and panic that lead to her death.

Hachikō.

The most loyal dog of Japanese history.

(November 10, 1923 – March 8, 1935)

Hachikō made it a habit of following his owner to the train station and waiting for him to come back from work. Ueno, his owner, worked as a lecturer.

Unfortunately, on one sad evening, Hachikō went to Shibuya Station as usual, but Ueno never returned. The professor had suffered a cerebral haemorrhage while he was giving a lecture to his class and died.

Hachikō acted distressed and sniffed and paced around Ueno’s empty house, even refusing food for days.

In the weeks that followed, Ueno’s wife, Yaeko and colleagues made arrangements for the dog’s care. Hachikō was given to new caretakers numerous times, and sent to the countryside briefly, but repeatedly escaped or wandered back to the Shibuya area.

Eventually, a friend of Ueno's took Hachikō in as he lived near Shibuya station.

Hachikō dedicated the next 9 years, 9 months and 15 days of his life to wait for Ueno until he was later found dead on the street in Shibuya. It is said that he died of terminal cancer.

There is now a statue of Hachikō in Shibuya station dedicated to him like he was to his owner.

Sergeant Stubby.

Stubby served with the 102nd Infantry Regiment in the trenches in France for 18 months.

(1916 - 16 March 1926)

Participating in, 100 battles and four offensives on the Western Front, he saved his regiment from surprise mustard gas attacks, found and comforted the wounded, and allegedly once attacked and held a German soldier by the seat of his pants, keeping him there until American soldiers found him.

His actions were well-documented in contemporary American newspapers.

Stubby received many awards including a gold medal, a wound strip and two purple hearts. He has been called the most decorated war dog of the Great War and the only dog to be nominated and promoted to sergeant through combat.

Sergeant Stubby's remains are in the National Museum of American History.

Stubby is the subject of the 2018 animated film " Stubby: An American Hero. "

These incredible dogs just prove that “A man’s best friend is their dog.” Dogs are so loyal, dedicated and loving to their owners. There is truly no better way to spend your life caring for a dog as they would care for you.