Reel Dogs

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    Both of the films in this listing are uncertain. Since the Canaan Dog is a rare breed, and since they resemble the archetypal primitive mixed-breed, it can be hard to tell even in person if you come face to face with a true Canaan. The title links will take you to Amazon movie pages (Reel…

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    A close relative of the English Foxhound, the Anglo-Français de Petite Vénerie is a French hunting hound historically run in packs just like their English cousin. The title links will take you to Amazon movie pages (Reel Dogs earns a referral fee at no cost to you) or, for rarer titles, alternative sources for the…

  • English Foxhound

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    Many a period English film featuring aristocracy also features a hunt scene. Let us know what other movies should be on this list with a fox hunt and foxhounds! The title links will take you to Amazon movie pages (Reel Dogs earns a referral fee at no cost to you) or, for rarer titles, alternative…

  • Finnish Spitz

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    The Finnish Spitz is both a rare breed and rare choice for film work, although they probably appear in more Finish and European movies. Let us know if you see any. The title links will take you to Amazon movie pages (Reel Dogs earns a referral fee at no cost to you) or, for rarer…

  • English Setter

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    English Setters have appeared in a wide range of films, including many major and starring roles. Most notably of all, an English Setter is the star of the only epic dog movie, the three-hour Soviet melodrama White Bim, Black Ear. The title links will take you to Amazon movie pages (Reel Dogs earns a referral…

  • English Coonhound

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    The English Coonhound, also known as the American English Coonhound or Redtick Coonhound, is far from a usual suspect when it comes to performing dogs. Surprisingly, though, you can see this breed in two main film roles from the 1930s and 1970s. The title links will take you to Amazon movie pages (Reel Dogs earns…

  • Tuffy

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    Before Chaser, the Border Collie who knew hundreds of objects by name in the 2010s, there was Tuffy, the Hollywood dog who stunned John Hopkins University scholars by correctly identifying and retrieving around fifty unique objects in the 1930s. As a puppy, Tuffy was given to Gerhardt Orvedahl, South Dakota cowboy, while he recovered from…

  • Bunk

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    During the rise of canine performers like Luke, Teddy, and Strongheart in silent-era Hollywood, Jack Hoxie was a noted rodeo-cowboy-turned-actor in westerns, gaining his first feature-film credit in 1919 after many shorts. In 1923 Hoxie sent away to Australia for a pregnant Australian Shepherd with the goal of raising the pups to be performing dogs.…

  • Koolie

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    The Koolie is rare on film as in life, but you can spot them occasionally, such as Russell Crowe’s sidekick in The Silver Brumby and the odd background dog in an Australian setting. (Also see Kelpie movies and Dingo movies.) The title links will take you to Amazon movie pages (Reel Dogs earns a referral…

  • Dog of the Wild

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    ✯ Heroes of the Northwest ✯ Since the first major Hollywood movies casting dogs in the starring roles, like Baree, Son of Kazan (1918) and The Silent Call (1921), the dog of the wilderness concept became ubiquitous with dog movies and canine movie stars. Strongheart, Rin-Tin-Tin, Peter the Great, and nearly all of the early…