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I've been compiling a list of famous dogs for my Pet Numerology website for some time now. I know which my favorites are, but I wondered which are the most famous overall. There are so many great famous dogs that I'm doing this in five or six groups, and then I'll do a final round with the top dogs from those groups. The most famous dogs (based on online chatter) with names starting with the letters L to M are: 10. Milou the dog stars in the "Adventures of Tintin" comic books 9. Merle the Labrador Retriever is in Ted Kerasote's book "Merle's Door" 8. Liberty was US President Gerald Ford's Golden Retriever 7. Marmaduke the Great Dane from the "Marmaduke" comic strip. 6. Lady the Cocker Spaniel from the animated Disney movie "Lady and the Tramp" 5. Lucy the dog from the movie "Wendy and Lucy" 4. Mr. Peabody who stared with his boy Sherman on the "Rocky and Bullwinkle" cartoon show 3. Mr. Muggles the Pomeranian from the TV series "Heroes" 2. Lassie the collie from countless Lassie TV shows and movies ...and the most famous dog on this list is... 1. Marley the Labrador Retriever from the book and movie "Marley and Me" Dogs not ranking in the top 10 were Laddie the Wonder Dog from Terry Pratchett's novel "Moving Pictures", Ladybird from the animated TV series "King of the Hill", Laika the Soviet Space dog, List the Soviet Space dog, Loki the Chihuahua-Terrier mix lived with actor Mickey Rourke, Lucky from "101 Dalmatians", Manchu the Pekingese who lived with Alice Roosevelt Longworth, Marbles the Beagle who was one of Snoopy's brothers in the "Peanuts" comic strip, Martini the Jack Russell who lives with "Girl Next Door" Kendra Wilkinson, Max from the and animated Christmas special "How the Grinch Stole Christmas", Maximillion the Bionic German Shepherd from the 1970s TV series "The Bionic Woman", Meatball the English Bulldog who lived with actor and comedian Adam Sandler, Millie the Springer Spaniel who lived with US First Lady Barbara Bush, Miss Agnes the Shih Tzu in the movie "Best in Show", Miss Beazley the Scottish Terriers who lives with former US President George W. Bush, Mouse the "Temple Dog" from the Jim Buthcer's "Dresden Files" novels, Mr. Fusspot from the Terry Pratchett novel "Making Money", Mr. Winkle who had his own series of books and calendars, Murray the Border Collie mix on the TV series "Mad About You", Mushka the Soviet Space dog, and Muttley from the classic Hanna-Barbera cartoons. So a nice mix of dogs in this top ten from movies (Marley, Lucy, Lady), television (Lassie, Mr Muggles, Mr Peabody), books (Kipper), comic strips (Merle), and real life (Liberty). Not surprisingly, nine of the top ten dogs are characters and not real life dogs, with only Liberty having been a real life dog. Too bad those brave Soviet Space dog pioneers aren't better know, so I'll mention their names one more time: Laika, Lisa, and Mushka. I compiled this list by searching for the dog names listed on a number of search engines and ranking them by the number of web pages, discussion forums, photos, videos, etc that are available online. Check out my complete list of Famous Dogs at www.PetNum.com.
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