Talk:Famous dogs
I'm not wedded to the idea of this article, but didn't think it should be in the biological article dog.
Certainly not sure about adding in fictional dogs, due to what happens at that other wiki with respect to the growth of lists at the expense of encyclopaedic knowledge.
Would appreciate opinions and suggestions. Better yet, go ahead and act.
Aleta Curry 22:55, 4 June 2007 (CDT)
- What, Lassie was fictional, Ahh shucks.. ;-) Matt Innis (Talk) 23:13, 4 June 2007 (CDT)
- hee hee hee--cheer up--I think "Lad" was based on a real dog!Aleta Curry 23:23, 4 June 2007 (CDT)
- this isn't history--folklore (or anthropology) or classics maybe. Argos was fictional of course. ...said Richard Jensen (talk) (Please sign your talk page posts by simply adding four tildes, ~~~~.)
- I suggest it should inclusively be classics, history, and media, since we are dealing with dogs ranging from mythology (e.g., Cerebrus), to ones of historical fame (e.g., Balto), to ones in popular culture (e.g., Scooby Doo). As for who will approve? Ideally, editors from all three? Stephen Ewen 01:58, 9 June 2007 (CDT)
- Given the way this is shaping up, I think the fictional dogs should probably be moved from here to "dogs in popular culture" or "fictional dogs", and this should be reserved for historic dogs for the sake of balance.
- That having been said, I don't see why the workgroup should be anthropology rather than history?
- Aleta Curry 18:36, 30 June 2007 (CDT)
- p.s. to say that we could do it another way: move real-life dogs to Historical dogs or dogs in history or some such. Aleta Curry 19:38, 30 June 2007 (CDT)
- Given the general goofiness of this article, why not entries about "Hot dogs", "doggonit!", "She's a real dog!", "You son of a bitch!", etc., etc.? Hayford Peirce 23:47, 30 June 2007 (CDT)
Images
This is a holding place for all images for possible later use in this article.
- Balto
- http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnporcaro/113577600/ - free
- http://www.flickr.com/photos/russellbernice/481805651/ - free
- Greyfriars Bobby
- http://www.flickr.com/photos/roblz/474683333/ -free
- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellissay/231381229/ -free
- http://www.flickr.com/photos/chicago_photo_weblog/167023361/ -free
- Laika
- http://astroprofspage.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/11/laika.jpg - ? - probably Public Domian
Source
http://www.citizenlunchbox.com/famous/dogs.html - Index of famous dogs throughout history
Fictional dogs?
Explain, I'm confused: what does it mean to say that Rin Tin Tin was real, while Lassie was fictional? Both "dog actors" were real, and both played in fictional stories. What's the difference? --Larry Sanger 10:28, 1 July 2007 (CDT)
- As I understand it, Lassie, a female rough collie, was a character in written fiction; later the stories were adapted to the screen and TV. All of the dogs that portrayed Lassie, were, I believe, male. --Robert Rubin 14:26, 1 July 2007 (CDT)