If you love to know the story behind your favorite celebrities, then you're in for a treat! These famous pooches have a story to tell. Find out how they got their stardom! You'll love them even more!
1. MARNIE
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With a book, an app, and 2 million Instagram followers, Marnie the Dog has solidified her place in pop culture. After spending about four months in a shelter, she was adopted by a woman by the name of Shirley Braha, who named her Marnie and started posting photos of the unusual-looking pup online. These days, Braha and Marnie (who is now 14) use Marnie’s fame to encourage people to adopt senior dogs.
2. HIGGINS
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Doing what he did best, Inn taught the dog—who he named Higgins—a variety of tricks and landed him gigs on TV shows, including a part on Petticoat Junction.
Higgins’s biggest role emerged towards the end of his life. He was tapped to star in Benji, a popular 1974 film about a stray dog who rescues two kidnapped children.
3. TUNA
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Tuna’s comical appearance—his prominent overbite, wrinkled neck, and recessed jaw—has earned him 1.8 million Instagram followers. Dasher uses Tuna’s fame to raise money and awareness for animal rescue organizations and inspire people to focus on inner beauty.
4. SERGEANT STUBBY
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On the battlefield and in the trenches, Stubby did more than simply boost morale. He served on the front lines, leading soldiers to the wounded. Heroically, Stubby barked to alert his fellow soldiers of an unexpected mustard gas attack, thus saving his entire infantry, and even helped catch a German spy. After the war, Stubby received a hero's welcome: He met with U.S. presidents, marched in American Legion parades, and received honors from the Red Cross, Humane Society, and YMCA. If you visit the Smithsonian, you can see Stubby with his coat of medals, thanks to the work of a taxidermist.
5. BUDDY THE WONDER DOG
In the early '90s, Buddy (with di Cicco) showed off his basketball, baseball, and soccer skills on two episodes of The Late Show with David Letterman. Buddy went on to play Comet on Full House, and starred in the 1997 film Air Bud.
6. JAKE
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After passing a rigorous examination, in which he was tested on his obedience and agility, as well as his ability to follow commands, bark, and find victims under piles of rubble, Jake became a different kind of rescue dog entirely—an elite U.S. government-certified rescue dog.
AWW! How amazing were their stories?! Each and every pooch had their own struggles to face in order to achieve their stardom! I bet you love these pooches even more now, right?! They're just like regular rescue pooches!
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