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God gives us a Guardian Angel supplemented with “Angels in Waiting”, our pets. This one is dedicated to DharmaWoWo….

TV’s "Lassie",1954-1973. A weather beaten farm in the American Midwest teamed Lassie for the show's first 10 seasons with Timmy, and then adult forestry workers and finally, with the juvenile inmates of a home for troubled children. The series received two Emmy Awards. Rudd Weatherwax (who had trained Pal for the six MGM films), also trained the several portrayers of Lassie for the television series.
TV’s "Peter Pan" (’55 NBC in RCA Color) with Nana, the Newfoundland dog.
Walt Disney’s, "Old Yeller" (1957), a children's film, originally a novel by Fred Gipson.
Pete the Pup (or "Petey"), a Pit Bull with a ring around one eye. "Petey"'s famous circled eye was added on by Hollywood make-up artist Max Factor in the Our Gang (later known as The Little Rascals) shorts produced by Hal Roach and later, MGM. It filled the after school and week-end TV time slots for the 50’s kids. A number of dogs played the role.
Black Tooth, "The Biggest and Sweetest Dog in the USA" and White Fang, "The Biggest and Meanest Dog in the USA" on the "Soupy Sales Show". In ‘53 the show originated locally in Detroit, Michigan and in Oct. ’59, an ABC national TV broadcast.
"Fred", "Little Ricky's" puppy in "I Love Lucy".
"Yukon King", in "Sergeant Preston of the Yukon", a TV show that aired 1955-58.
"How Much Is That Doggie In The Window?", popular song by Bob Merrill, 1953, recorded by Patti Page.
“Old Shep", as sung by Elvis Presley and many other country performers.
"Topper" ,was a TV situation comedy series 1953-55, CBS. Both ABC ‘55 and NBC ‘56 repeated episodes. Cosmo Topper (Leo G. Carroll) a bank VP is married to the sweet but somewhat dumb Henrietta (Lee Patrick). They lived in a Los Angeles suburban home purchased from the estate of a fashionable young couple, George and Marion Kerby (Robert Sterling and Anne Jeffreys), now-former clients of Topper's bank, who died after being swept away by an avalanche. Their alcoholic St. Bernard, "Neil", who was unable to rescue them, also died with them. Cosmo finds his house is haunted by their ghosts and "Neil". Only Cosmo can see or hear them.
"The People's Choice"- NBC, 50's sitcom. An ex-Marine city councillor, Socrates "Sock" Miller, played by Jackie Cooper, who had frequent run-ins with the city's mayor, John Peoples. These run-ins were aggravated not only due to the fact that "Sock" disagreed with the Mayor's policies, but that "Sock's" girlfriend was the mayor's daughter, Mandy." Sock" had a pet Basset Hound, "Cleo", whose sarcastic observations were made audible to the audience (but not the cast). "Cleo" was voiced by Mary Jane Croft.
Bullet the Wonder Dog, Roy Rogers' German Shepherd on "The Roy Rogers Show".
"The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin", an ABC TV series, 1954-1959 featured Duncan's Rin Tin Tin IV as the lead dog, and Rin Tin Tin II. Although some of the work was performed by a dog owned by Frank Barnes called J.R. and another of Duncan's Rin Tin Tin line dogs named Hey You. Rin Tin Tin, a German Shepherd found in a trench by an American soldier, has appeared in films since 1922. All subsequent dogs in the part have been descendants of the original.
The first living thing sent to space by Russia in 1957, was "Laiki", a stray female Husky dog.