Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

Furry Facts to Know & Tell

This month’s issue is supported in part by SF Animal Medical Center and dog lovers like you.

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May 2025

Sniffer dogs in Australia searching through burrows have discovered 13 Victorian grassland earless dragons, a small reptile previously thought to be extinct.

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February 2025

Winston Churchill once wrote a poem in honor of his daughter Mary's Pug puppy named Punch.

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March 2023

The name Beagle first appeared in a 1475 English poem called "The Squire of Low Degree" by an unknown author who spelled it "begle.”

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August 2022

Daro of Maridor, an 11-month-old English Setter, won the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show in 1938…

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