Wellington dog oddities

Public works of art, memorials, historical tidbits and the like that celebrate individual dogs, dog breeds or dogs in general.

Avalanche Dogs

Aspiring Avalanche Dogs

Dogs trained to find people buried in an avalanche, what a find!

Tagged as: dogs, rescue, skiing

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A dog’s eye view of the dog park

Bishop the Great Dane at play.

Time for a break, and a video of the dog park from a Great Dane’s point of view.

Tagged as: fun, Great Dane, USA, video

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John Plimmer’s dog Fritz

John Plimmer and his dog Fritz.

The life-size statue of John Plimmer and his dog stands at the foot of Plimmer Steps, off Lambton Quay, in Wellington, New Zealand.

Tagged as: sculpture, statue, Wellington

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Paddy the Wanderer

Paddy the Wanderer drinking fountain in Wellington, New Zealand.

A drinking fountain on the Wellington waterfront commemorates Paddy the Wanderer, a ginger and brown Airedale who became a well known and much loved identity in the 1930’s.

Tagged as: fountain, sculpture, Wellington

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