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The Top 10 Most Famous Dogs (Part 1) Names Beginning with A to C

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 letter A to C are:

10. Brian Griffin, the dog on the animated series Family Guy

9. Blue, the cartoon dog from the TV series Blue's Clues

8. Clifford, from the Clifford the Big Red Dog series of cartoons and books

7. Benji, who starred of a series of Benji movies

6. Buddy, the Labrador Retriever belonging to US President Bill Clinton

5. Barney, a Scottish Terrier belonging to US President George W. Bush

4. Bo, the Portuguese Water Dog belonging to US President Barack Obama and the First Family

3. Bolt, a white German Shepherd who is the title character of the animated movie Bolt

2. Astro, family dog on the animated TV series The Jetsons

...and the most famous dog on this list is...

1. Chloe, a Chihuahua who is a lead character in the movie Beverly Hills Chihuahua

Dogs not ranking in the top 10 were Asta from the classic Thin Man films, Augie Doggie from Hanna-Barbera cartoons, Backup the Pitbull from the Veronica Mars television series, Beatrice the Weimaraner in the movie Best in Show, Beegle Beagle from Hanna-Barbera cartoons, Beethoven the Saint Bernard from the Beethoven series of movies, Belka the Soviet space dog, Belle who is Snoopy's sister in the Peanuts comic strip, Buck the Briard from the Married With Children television series, Bullet the Wonder Dog from the Roy Rodgers television series, Bulls Eye from the novel Oliver Twist, Checkers the American Cocker Spaniel belonging to US President Richard Nixon and the First Family, Chet from the book Dog on It: A Chet and Bernie Mystery, Comet the Golden Retriever from the Full House television series, Courage from the Courage the Cowardly Dog animated television series, and Cujo the psychotic dog from the novel by Stephen King.

So a nice mix of dogs from movies (Chloe, Bolt, Benji), television (Astro, Blue, Brian), and real life (Bo, Barney, Buddy). An unusual list, as three real life dogs who are or were presidential companions made it into the top ten. Dogs who are famous for who they live with don't usually score as well as dogs famous for being beloved characters.

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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How come my dog has blue eyes when u take her picture, but my other dog had red eyes when you took a picture?

I have a 3 and 1/2 month old Shitzu/ Lapsa Apse puppy, and anytime we take her picture her eyes are blue. But i had a dog not to long ago that was a Lapsapoo, (Half lapsa apse and poodle) and anytime you took her picture her eyes would be red. or bright yellow. That never happens to my new puppy, how come? Whats the difference?

I think it has something to do with the angel that the light reflects of the rods in the dog's eyes. My lab and my white shepherd both photograph with blue eyes but my border collie used to show red eyes (eeeeeeeek a devil dog).I would imagine it has more to do with the height of the dog and where you are when you take the picture than the breed of the dog.
The secret is to not take the photo straight on to the dogs face.

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