“To his dog, every man is Napoleon; hence the constant popularity of dogs.”
— Aldous Huxley
“Man is a dog’s idea of what God should be.”
— Holbrook Jackson
“Anybody who doesn’t know what soap tastes like never washed a dog.”
—Franklin P. Jones
“No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as the dog does.”
— Christopher Morley
“I wonder what goes through his mind when he sees us peeing in his water bowl.”
—Penny Ward Moser
“Did you ever walk into a room and forget why you walked in? I think that’s how dogs spend their lives.”
— Sue Murphy
“If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went.”
—Will Rogers
Pchelka and Mushka:
December 1, 1960, Russia attempted it’s third launch of dogs. While the launching and orbitting for a day were successful, Dogs Pchelka and Mushka were killed when Sputnik 6 reentered the atmosphere at too steep of an angle and was destroyed on impact.
Krasavka and Damka:
Another Sputnik was sent off, carrying two more dogs, Krasavka and Damka, just 21 days after the destruction of Sputnik 6. This launch was aborted after the booster’s upper rocket stage failed, and both dogs were safely recovered.
Chernushka:
Sputnik 9 carried the dog, Chernushka on a single-orbit mission on March 9, 1961. Chernushka shared the satellite with more mice and a guinea pig. These animals were also recovered safely from reentry.
Zvezdochka:
On March 25, 1961, Sputnik was sent into a single-orbit mission, carrying Zvezdochka, and her flight companion, a wooden mannequin. This was the final test flight of the Vostok capsule. With it’s successful re-entry, Yuri Gagarin followed to become the first man in space.
Ugolek and Veterok:
The canine spaceflight record that still stands today is held by dogs Ugolek and Veterok. They orbitted the earth for an astounding twenty-two days in the biosatellite Kosmos 110. Launched into orbit on February 22, 1966, and recovered March 16, 1966, their record stood unsurpassed even by humans until Skylab 2 launched in June of 1974.
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Laika:
Laika was a space pioneer. The first ever living creature launched into space, Laika was carried into space on board the Russian satellite, Sputnik 2, on November 3rd, 1957, thirty days after the first successful satellite launch of Sputnik 1.
Bars and Lisichka:
Bars and Lisichka, never made it to space. If they had, they might have made history as the first dogs to make a successful re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere. Unfortunately, on July 28, 1960, during a test flight, one of the boosters on the test craft exploded, and both dogs were killed.
Strelka and Belka:
History’s first successful attempt to launch an animal and have it re-enter the atmosphere alive. Strelka and Belka were launched into orbit on August 19, 1960, along with their co-habitants of forty mice, two rats and a variety of live plants. They spent one day in space, and were later retrieved from Sputnik 5 in full health after a landing back on earth. One of Strelka’s six puppies was later given to U.S. President, John F. Kennedy as a gift.
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]]>Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole.
Roger Caras
If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you; that is
the principal difference between a dog and a man.
Mark Twain
My dog is worried about the economy because dog food is up to $3.00 a can.. That’s almost $21.00 in dog money.
Joe Weinstein
If your dog is fat, you aren’t getting enough exercise
Unknown
Anybody who doesn’t know what soap tastes like never washed a dog.
Franklin Jones
The average dog is a nicer person than the average person.
Andy Rooney
A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself.
Josh Billings
“My dog is worried about the economy because Alpo is up to $3.00 a can. That’s almost $21.00 in dog money.”
—Joe Weinstein
“There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face.”
— Ben Williams
“Cat’s motto No matter what you’ve done wrong, always try to make it look like the dog did it.”
— Unknown
“He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion.”
— Unknown
“If your dog is fat, you aren’t getting enough exercise.”
—Unknown
“No animal should ever jump up on the dining room furniture unless absolutely certain that he can hold his own in the conversation.”
— Fran Lebowitz
“Outside of a dog, a book is probably man’s best friend; inside of a dog, it’s too dark to read.”
— Groucho Marx