On this day 62 years ago a small, former Moscow street dog became a worldwide celebrity. That fame came at the cost of her life. On November 3, 1957, Laika became the first creature from earth to enter space. As part of the Soviet space program she was one of numerous formally homeless dogs used…
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This Place Rings a Bell
One of the most important figures in dog training made his groundbreaking behavior discovery in Saint Petersburg, Russia and in more recent times, the former Leningrad was known as a heaven on earth to stray dogs. We learned a little about both those chapters in the city’s history as well as exploring some current canine…
the American Canine 