SPECIAL DOGGY FACTS

- George Washington had 36 foxhounds, and one was named Sweetlips.

- Davy Crockett's dog was named Sport.

- Zorba, an English Mastiff, is the heaviest dog on record, weighing 343 lbs at the
age of 8 in 1989.

- The longest lived dog, according to the Guinness Book of World Records, was an
Australian Cattle Dog, named Bluey, who lived to be 29.

- The most successful mountain rescue dog ever was a St Bernard, named Barry, who
lived during the early 1800's and saved 40 lives.

- A German Shepherd guide dog, named Orient, led her blind hiker the entire 2100
mile Appalachian Trail.

- The name of the dog on the Cracker Jack box is Bingo.

- The Beatles song "Martha My Dear" was written by Paul McCartney about his
sheepdog Martha.