At the end of "A Day in the Life," Paul McCartney added an ultrasonic whistle, inaudible to humans, to amuse his Shetland sheepdog.

In 2020, a 74-year-old Florida man saw a gator grab his puppy, Gunner, in a backyard pond. He jumped in, pulled both animals to the surface, pried open the gator's jaws, and freed his dog.

Oh her first job, 11-year-old Laura Dern met her crush: Scott Baio. Dern failed to impress him. "My dog got her period on his white pantsuit… I never saw him again."

Before getting a dog, Jared Kushner made his oldest child, 8-year-old Arabella, draft and sign a contract stipulating that she would walk it.

In 2013, a retired Argentine man who bought toy poodle puppies at a local market was shocked to learn that his new pets were ferrets given steroids to boost their size.

In 2014, the owner of an Italian travelling circus was caught painting black patches on white puppies and charging for photos with cute "baby pandas."

In 2013, a zoo in Henan, China, closed after trying to pass dogs off as lions, wolves, and leopards.

During the Battle of Germantown, General George Washington ordered a ceasefire so a terrier lost on the battlefield could be returned to a British General.

For Rocky, Sylvester Stallone cast several members of his family. His father played the timekeeper, his brother was a busker, and his dog, a bullmastiff named Butkus, played the dog. "They work cheap," said Sly. "But I'm worried about Butkus: he'll always have problems with dialogue."

When Peter Dinklage won a his first Emmy for Game of Thrones, he thanked his dog-sitter, Kitty, back in New York.