If you’ve ever come across the trivia question: “Which breed is Lassie, the famous dog from the classic movies and television ...

Clarification: In the broadcast version of this report, we said that Lassie creator Eric Knight was killed in action during World War II. Knight, a major in the U.S. Army, died in January 1943, when a ...

Children and animals have a reputation in the entertainment industry as being unpredictable scene stealers. It’s not an untrue sentiment, and any film where the performance of either is suspect taints ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rough collie dogs is now close to being classed as ‘at risk’ by The Kennel Club (/PA) (PA Media) The rough collie faces an ...

No matter in which incarnation, Lassie has been tugging at the hearts of film and TV viewers for 50 years. But she isn’t a tortured star. Actually, Lassie is kind of mellow. On a weekday afternoon, ...

Modern Farmer: Lassie is the most famous fictional farm dog that ever existed, but the history of where Lassie came from is a little bit unclear. What was the first instance of Lassie in popular ...

Movies like "Lassie" and the original "101 Dalmatians" really influenced American viewers: They both made people adopt and purchase more dogs of the breed they featured. But while we're still a bit ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Robert Weatherwax, a professional dog trainer for film and TV productions who took on the trade of his father, Rudd, the original ...

Robert Weatherwax, a professional dog trainer for film and TV productions who took on the trade of his father, Rudd, the original owner of Lassie, died Thursday at a Veterans Affairs facility in ...