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National Dog Day is celebrated every year on August 26, and we’re using it as an excuse to highlight our favorite dogs in entertainment: the ones that make us laugh, cry, and scroll through puppy adoption sites. Keep reading for the dog movies that’ll bring tears to your eyes, the books that hit differently when you have a dog, and the shows where dogs are the main characters.
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Good Boys & Girls: Dog Movies That’ll Make You Cry
These heartwarming movies prove what we’ve known all along: we don’t deserve dogs.
The Art of Racing in the Rain
Aspiring race-car driver Denny (Milo Ventimiglia) navigates love, family, and unimaginable loss alongside his devoted golden retriever, Enzo, voiced by Kevin Costner. Seeing one family’s highest highs and lowest lows through their dog’s eyes makes this an especially poignant reminder of just how much our pets witness alongside us.
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Books That Hit Different When You Have a Dog
Once you've loved a dog, stories about loyalty, companionship, and saying goodbye have a way of hitting you right where it hurts.
Marley & Me
by John Grogan
John Grogan's memoir about the “world's worst dog” is really about the ten unforgettable years when Marley taught him what unconditional love costs. Watching Marley grow from an unruly puppy into an irreplaceable member of the family captures all the joy—and eventual heartbreak—that makes loving a dog so bittersweet.
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Best in Show: The Best TV Series About Dogs
From heroic hounds to mischievous pups, these shows put our four-legged best friends in the spotlight.
Lassie
A remarkably clever collie helps her human companions out of one predicament after another in this family classic. She also teaches her best friend Jeff (Tommy Rettig) about love, nature and commitment. Lassie ran for nearly two decades, becoming the symbol of the quintessential loyal dog.
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