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Dogs in Advertisements

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Sensation; famous dog in Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show Nipper; famous dog in ads, The Gramophone Company Blackie and Whitey; famous dog in ads, Black and White Tige; famous dog in TV, comics, ads, Buster Brown Lady Geryhound; famous dog in ads, Greyhound Lines Bingo; famous dog in ads, Cracker Jacks Bonzo the dog; famous dog in movie, comics, ads, advertisements Frankie; famous dog in Frankenmuth Brewery Sparky; famous dog in National Fire Protection Association Farfel; famous dog in ads, Nestlé's Quik  Baskerville the Hound; famous dog in ads, The Muppet Show Bullseye; famous dog in ads, Target Rowlf the Dog; famous dog in movie, TV, ads, The Muppet Show Axelrod; famous dog in ads, Flying A Service Station Jason; famous dog in ads, Hush Puppies Alex; famous dog in ads, Stroh's beer McGruff; famous dog in ads, National Crime Prevention Council Ubi; famous dog in book, Sit, Ubu, Sit Spuds Mackenzie; famous dog in ads, Budweiser Chip the Dog; famous dog in Cookie Crisp Rocket; famous dog in ads, The Life is Good Company Duke; famous dog in ads, Bush's Baked Beans Churchill; famous dog in ads, Churchill Insurance Company Dinky; famous dog in ads, Taco Bell Cheeka; famous dog in ads, Hutch  Big Mo; famous dog in ads, Alpo 

The number of Dogs in Advertisements is 26

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famous dog in Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show

NAME: Sensation

Representative dog image for the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. A dog named Don which had won bench championships in England in 1875 and 1876, became the symbolic image for the Kennel Club because of the 1935 steel engraving of “Sensation” by artist J. Wellstood. From 1980-1982, a head study of the dog gained popularity. (More about Sensation.)

BREED: Pointer

YEARS: Dog: 1870s.

In Kennel catalog: 1936- now.

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famous dog in ads, The Gramophone Company

NAME: Nipper

In advertisements for The Gramophone Company, then RCA. (More about Nipper.)

BREED: Terrier

mix

YEARS: Dog: 1884-1895.

Ads: early 1900-1977.

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famous dog in ads, Black and White

NAME: Blackie and Whitey

The two mascots in the advertisement for Black and White; a blended Scotch whisky, originally produced by the London-based James Buchanan & Co Ltd.

BREED: Scottish Terrier

and a Westie

YEARS: Ads: 1890s.

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famous dog in TV, comics, ads, Buster Brown

NAME: Tige

In advertising and in the comic strip Buster Brown; about a mischievous young boy and his dog; created by Richard Felton Outcault and on radio and in the TV series. Adopted as mascot by Brown Shoe Company.

BREED: Pit Bull Terrier

YEARS: Comic strip: 1901-1921.

Ads: 1904-now.

Radio: 1943-1954.

TV series: 1951-1953.

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famous dog in ads, Greyhound Lines

NAME: Lady Geryhound

In advertisements for Greyhound Lines bus company. (More about Lady Greyhound.)

BREED: Greyhound

YEARS: Ads: since 1914.

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famous dog in ads, Cracker Jacks

NAME: Bingo

In advertisements for Cracker Jacks, a U.S. brand of snack consisting of caramel-coated popcorn and peanuts.

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Ads: 1918- 2021.

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famous dog in movie, comics, ads, advertisements

NAME: Bonzo the dog

A comic strip dog famous for branded advertisements created by British artist George E. Studdy in 1924 as an animated film short. The character was crafted in all kinds of merchandise.

BREED: Mixed breed

YEARS: Movie short: 1924.

Comic strip: 1926.

Ads: 1924-1927.

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famous dog in Frankenmuth Brewery

NAME: Frankie

In advertising for the Frankenmuth Brewery, a brewery and restaurant in Frankenmuth, one of the oldest breweries in Michigan.

BREED: Dachshund

YEARS: Advertising: 1930's.

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famous dog in National Fire Protection Association

NAME: Sparky

Official advertisement mascot for National Fire Protection Association. The cartoon character has been promoted through comic books and a web site.

BREED: Dalmatian

YEARS: Ad: since 1951.

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famous dog in ads, Nestlé's Quik

NAME: Farfel

Ventriloquist Jimmy Nelson's dog and in advertisements for Nestlé's Quik .

BREED: Generic

puppet with long ears

YEARS: Ads: 1953-1965.

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famous dog in ads, The Muppet Show

NAME: Baskerville the Hound (See also Rowlf)

In the puppet TV series The Muppet Show; a puppet dog created by Jim Henson for advertisements for Purina Dog Chow. (More about Baskerville.)

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Ads: 1962.

The Muppet Show: 2015.

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famous dog in ads, Target

NAME: Bullseye

In advertisements for the retailer Target. (More about Bullseye.)

BREED: Bull Terrier minature

YEARS: Ads: 1962-1968.

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famous dog in movie, TV, ads, The Muppet Show

NAME: Rowlf the Dog (See also Muppy and Baskerville)

In several animated movies and the puppet TV series The Muppet Show; a puppet dog originally created by Jim Henson for advertisements for Purina Dog Chow. Also on The Jimmy Dean Show and Sesame Street. (More about Rowlf. Also in the show was Miss Piggy's dog Foo-Foo.)

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Ads: 1962.

Movies: 1979, 2011.

The Jimmy Dean Show: 1963-1966.

TV series: 1976-1981, 2015.

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famous dog in ads, Flying A Service Station

NAME: Axelrod

In advertisments for Flying A Service Station; owned by Tidewater Oil Company.

BREED: Basset Hound

YEARS: Ads: 1965-1966.

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famous dog in ads, Hush Puppies

NAME: Jason

In advertisements for Hush Puppies, a brand of casual shoes by Wolverine Worldwide.

BREED: Basset Hound

YEARS: Ads: since 1985- now.

Dog: 1979-1990.

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famous dog in ads, Stroh's beer

NAME: Alex (Also known as Banjo)

In advertisements for Stroh's beer, currently made by the Pabst Brewing Company.

BREED: Golden Retriever

YEARS: Ads: 1980s.

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famous dog in ads, National Crime Prevention Council

NAME: McGruff

In advertisements for National Crime Prevention Council; created by John Young.... (More about McGruff)

BREED: Bloodhound

YEARS: Ads: Since 1980.

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famous dog in book, Sit, Ubu, Sit

NAME: Ubi (Ubi Roi)

Goldberg's Dog on TV promotional ads, and in the book Sit, Ubu, Sit; a book about an American writer and producer for television and film Gary David Goldberg best known for his work on Family Ties and Spin City. The closing tag for these Ubu Productions was a photograph of Ubu Roi with a frisbee in his mouth.

BREED: Black Labrador Retriever

YEARS: On screen: 1980s.

Book: 2008.

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famous dog in ads, Budweiser

NAME: Spuds Mackenzie (Also known as Honey Tree Evil Eye)

In advertisements for Budweiser beer one of the Anheuser-Busch brands played by a dog named Honey Tree Evil Eye. (More about Spuds.)

BREED: Bull Terrier

YEARS: Ads: 1987-1989.

Dog: 1983-1993.

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famous dog in Cookie Crisp

NAME: Chip the Dog

On of the mascots for Cookie Crisp, a breakfast cereal made to recreate the taste of chocolate chip cookies and manufactured by General Mills .

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Mascot: 1990-2005.

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famous dog in ads, The Life is Good Company

NAME: Rocket

In advertisements for The Life is Good Company, a New England-based apparel and accessories wholesaler retailer and lifestyle brand.

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Ads: 1994- now.

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famous dog in ads, Bush's Baked Beans

NAME: Duke (Also known as Paddington)

In advertisements for Bush's Baked Beans.

BREED: Golden Retriever

YEARS: Ads: 1995-2012.

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famous dog in ads, Churchill Insurance Company

NAME: Churchill

Talking, nodding mascot in advertisements for Churchill Insurance Company based in Bromley, London. Over the years, there have been promotional toys and bobbleheads of the mascot as well as a large hot air balloon.

BREED: Bulldog

YEARS: Ads: 1996.

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famous dog in ads, Taco Bell

NAME: Dinky

In advertisements for Taco Bell, played by Gidgit. (More about Gidgit.)

BREED: Chihuahua

YEARS: Dog: 1994-2009.

Ads: 1997-2000.

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famous dog in ads, Hutch

NAME: Cheeka

In advertisemants for Hutchison Essar cellular service in India, familiarly known as Hutch , now Vodafone Essar.

BREED: Pug

YEARS: Ads: 2003.

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famous dog in ads, Alpo

NAME: Big Mo (Also known as Moses)

In advertisments for Alpo dog food a subsidiary of Nestlé.

BREED: Golden Retriever

YEARS: Ads: since 2005.

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