Top Ten Most Noted Dogs in the world

2005 world's best-known 10 puppies, their names seen in the world's most famous media, some of their deeds be recorded in the "Guinness Records." Russian news network on the 30th of these dogs were posted on the photos.

Purebred 'Sam' became famous for winning ugly dog

Sam, the tiny dog whose hairless body and crooked teeth earned him a reputation as the World’s Ugliest Dog, has died.

The pooch died Friday, just short of his 15th birthday, his owner said.

“I don’t think there’ll ever be another Sam,” Susie Lockheed said, adding: “Some people would think that’s a good thing.”

Dog of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Koni

Russian President Vladimir Putin Labrador dog Koni

Russian President Vladimir Putin pets his dog Koni before one of his meetings with officials in his office in the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow on March 3, 2004. Koni frequently sits in on Putin's meetings with foreign heads of state and Putin is fed up with reporters slipping his dog titbits. He sent out an appeal via the internet July 12, 2006 for visitors to stop feeding Koni.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin said on Monday he was keen to use Russia's planned global positioning system GLONASS to look after his black Labrador Koni.

World's tallest dog, Gibson

When he stands on his hind legs, the 170-pound "Harlequin" Great Dane is more than 7 feet tall, and has a shoulder height of 42.6 inches (topping Harvey's old record of 41.5 inches). Thankfully for everyone, Gibson is just a big, friendly puppy dog.

Actually, he's the tallest dog in the world. Gibson holds several world records, including the world's tallest dog, tallest therapy dog and tallest Great Dane. And he's been turning quite a few heads outside of his native Grass Valley.

Snuppy, the first cloned dog

Family Photo: Snuppy stands next to the male Afghan hound (left) from which he was cloned. Snuppy's surrogate mother was a yellow Labrador (seen in enlarged photo).

Snuppy, the first cloned dog, appears with the three-year old male Afghan hound whose cells were used to clone him. South Korea's pioneering stem cell scientist has cloned a dog, smashing another biological barrier and reigni ting a fierce ethical debate - while producing a perky, lovable puppy. The researchers, led by Hwang Woo-suk, insist they cloned an Afghan hound, a resplendent supermodel in a world of mutts, only to help investigate human disease, including the possibility of cloning stem cells for treatment purposes. But others immediately renewed calls for a global ban on human reproductive cloning before the technology moves any farther.

"Successful cloning of an increasing number of species confirms the general impression that it would be possible to clone any mammalian species, including humans," said Ian Wilmut, a reproductive biologist at the University of Edinburgh who produced the first cloned mammal, Dolly ...

England Hero Dog mother

England Hero Dog mother Tia birthed 24 baby dogs in one time.

Poor homeless dog "Little boy"

The poor homeless dog "Little boy" killed by a Russia Mental patients woman beside the subway in Mosow.

A hunting dog shot his owner accidentally in Bulgaria

He became the first man killer dog in the world.

Six-legged puppy found in Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - A puppy with six legs and two penises was found sleeping outside a Chinese temple in a Malaysian town, and devotees are treating the freak find as a good omen, a news report said Sunday.

The furry puppy with brown patches was sleeping at the temple entrance on Thursday morning when it was spotted by a temple caretaker, said the Star newspaper, which published the animal's picture clearly showing the extra two legs and the additional organ.

"He (the caretaker) lifted the canine to place it elsewhere and was shocked to see that the puppy had six legs," the Star quoted the Kwang Sung Temple committee member Tee Kim Huat as saying. The temple is in Pandamaran town, south of Kuala Lumpur near Port Klang.

The puppy, believed to have been left there by someone, is being cared for by the temple committee, Tee said. He said devotees feel that the unusual dog is a bearer of good fortune and have named him Ong Fatt, or the Lucky One.

The temple committee has obtained a dog-rearing permit from the Klang Municipal Council to keep the puppy as a pet.

Source: Associated Press/AP Online

Tasha Boxer DNA was sequenced by scientist

Scientists have discovered a genetic reason why some dogs are small and others big. They say the finding has implications beyond canine size, since the work applies to the study of other complex genetic traits, such as diseases and behaviors caused by multiple genes. VOA's David McAlary reports.