Lassie was originally written by Eric Knight back in 1938 as a short story for the Saturday Evening Post.
Even animal celebrities have stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, including Lassie and Rin Tin Tin.
Lassie, one of the all time most famous dogs on the planet.
June Lockhart played many famous mothers throughout her career including the first Ruth Martin (the mother of little Timmy) on Lassie as well as Dr. Maureen Robinson on the 60s cult hit Lost in Space.
There are many television and movie dogs to compare our own to: Beethoven, Air Bud, Snow Dogs, the Legally Blonde movies and our original movie dog Lassie.
