Individual dogs

Laika ( ; , ; – 3 November 1957) was a Soviet space dog who was one of the first animals in space and the first to orbit the Earth. 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. She died of hyperthermia hours into the flight, on the craft's fourth orbit.

Blondi (1941 – 29 April 1945) was Adolf Hitler's German Shepherd, a gift as a puppy from Martin Bormann in 1941. Hitler kept Blondi even after his move into the Führerbunker located underneath the garden of the Reich Chancellery on 16 January 1945.

soviet space dogs

skye terrier

American war dog

sled dog who ran in the 1925 serum run to Nome, Alaska

male Rafeiro do Alentejo dog

Soviet-era program that sent dogs to space with Soviet cosmonauts

black Labrador Retriever owned by President of Russia Vladimir Putin

dog (Scottish Terrier) owned by Franklin D. Roosevelt

political controversy about vivisection

300px|thumb|upright=1.4|Loukanikos during protests in Athens, 2009 Loukanikos (Greek: Λουκάνικος: "the sausage loukaniko"), initially named "Theodor", was a Greek riot dog that participated in almost every anti-austerity protest in Greece. He was commonly known for joining protests, barking at police, helping in street battles with the Greek police as well as participating in anarchist rallies and picket lines, at least since December 2008. The dog had a reputation of being fearless, usually being in front of the protests and having tear gas thrown at him multiple times.

famous mountain rescue dog in Switzerland

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legendary figure

Chilean riot dog

Hungarian rescue dog

Australian cattle dog; previously oldest verified dog

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right|thumb|Sculpture of Cao Cao (left) and Tongdaeng (right), King Bhumibol Adulyadej's favorites, at the royal crematorium of King Bhumibol Adulyadej in 2017. Tongdaeng (also spelled Thong Daeng, , lit. "copper"; 7 November 1998 – 26 December 2015) was a female copper-colored mixed breed dog and one of the pets owned by King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand.

Italian street dog that came to public attention in 1943

dog of Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn

1933 novel by Virginia Woolf

St. Bernard dog that became the heroic mascot of the Free Norwegian Force

monument in Tolyatti, Russia

thumb|upright=1.25|Gelert by Charles Burton Barber (1884) Gelert () is a legendary hound in a Welsh folk-tale. He is associated with the village of Beddgelert in Gwynedd in north-west Wales, the name of which translates as "Gelert's grave". A grave site does exist just south of the village. But it was created by the owner of a local hotel in the late 18th century to encourage tourism.

dog who served in World War II

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herding dog

pet dog of Argentine economist and politician Javier Milei

Waghya (meaning tiger in Marathi) was a mixed-breed pet dog of Maratha king Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, known as the epitome of loyalty and eternal devotion. After Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's death, he is said to have jumped into his master's funeral pyre and immolated himself.

late Paleolithic dog specimen

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Peritas () was Alexander the Great's favorite dog, who accompanied him during his military exploits.

mayor of Idyllwild, California from 2013 to 2022

Ecuadorian street dog who attached himself to a Swedish extreme sports team

New Zealand dog (died 2007)

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two Soviet dogs, first higher animals to survive a spaceflight

novel by Margaret Marshall Saunders

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non-fiction work by James Percy FitzPatrick

dog elected honorary mayor of Sunol, California

English Cocker Spaniel owned by Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia

Border Collie noted for its intelligence

labrador retriever, mascot of No. 617 Squadron

Italian dog

Nevado (1813? – 1821) was a Mucuchies dog that was given to Simón Bolívar by the local people of Mucuchíes, Mérida, in the Venezuelan Andes.

first German Shepherd dog

Malchik (; 1996 – December 2001) was a black mongrel stray dog living in Moscow, Russia. For about three years, Malchik lived at the Mendeleyevskaya station on the Moscow Metro. In 2001, he was killed when a 22-year-old woman, Yuliana Romanova, stabbed him with a kitchen knife. The incident sparked a wave of public outrage regarding the treatment of animals, and, in 2007, a monument was erected in Malchik's honour at Mendeleyevskaya station. The monument is cited as one of Moscow's most unusual tourist attractions.