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Dog Statues (page 1)

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Alaska:
Balto (Anchorage)
Patsy Ann (Juneau)
Balto (Palmer)

Big Red Dog
Northport, AL
The Big Red Dog, aka Rusty, stands on top of the Stephens Gallery. The metal sculpture has been here since at least 1999. [map]

Bird Dog
Union Springs, AL
This bronze Bird Dog in Union Springs is a life-sized representation of an English Pointer. It was sculpted by Robert Wehle and installed in 1996. [map]

Greyhounds
Montgomery, AL
This pair of Greyhounds is located at the entrance of the Murphy House which was built in 1851. These statues were installed then. [map]

Airedale Terrier
Alma, AR		 Dalmatian
Magnolia, AR
This Airedale Terrier in Alma stands in front of the Performing Arts Center. The Airedale Terrier is the mascot of Alma High School. [map]

This Dalmatian in Magnolia is installed in front of the Magnolia Fire Department. It has been there since at least 2008. The plaque indicates that Sparky, aka S.T. Home, served there from 1945-1965. [map]

German Shepherd
Phoenix, AZ		 Jack Russell Terrier
Phoenix, AZ
This German Shepherd sculpture in Phoenix is part of the Arizona Law Enforcement K-9 Memorial installed in 2006. The bronze sculpture was created by Jeff Davenport. It is located in Wesley Bolin Memorial Park. [map]

This Jack Russell Terrier in Phoenix is part of Don Parks vast statue collection. The design looks very similar to these cats which might have been produced by the same company. [map]

Big Dog
Santa Rosa, CA
The Big Dog is installed in front of the Sonoma Humane Society. The sculpture is 14 feet tall. It was created in 2004 by Patrick Amiot who has many other statues installed in nearby Sebastopol, CA. The dog's body is made from an Airstream trailer and scrap aluminum. His nose was made from a washtub. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2. [map]

Bad Dog [gone]
Newport Beach, CA
This Bad Dog sculpture was created by Richard Jackson in 2013. It is 28 feet tall and made of fiber reinforced composite over steel. The sculpture was located at the Orange County Museum of Art as a temporary exhibit. These photos are from 2013. The statue was removed in 2015. I don't know where it was moved to.

Peeing Dog
Fresno, CA
This Peeing Dog sculpture is installed in front of Abby Pet Hospital. It has been there since at least 2009. The sculpture produces a stream of water from the dog to the fire hydrant. The dog was wearing bunny ears for Easter when these photos were taken in 2014. [map]

Anubis [gone]
Redlands, CA		 Penelope
Inglewood, CA
This Anubis was built for Pharaoh's Theme and Water Park. The park operated from 1996-2006. It reopened in 2011 as Splash Kingdom Waterpark. This statue and several others just like it were removed in 2017 during remodeling. For more, see this website.

This tiny monument to Penelope is installed in the median across from the post office downtown. The dog, also known as Rex, followed an Inglewood letter carrier on his route for more than 13 years. This memorial was installed in 1939. It functions as a water fountain for dogs. For more, see this website. [map]

Dogs
Rancho Cordova, CA
These three bronze Dogs are located at the Zinfandel light rail train stop. I believe this light rail stop opened in 2004 and these sculptures were probably installed in 2005. Does anyone know who the sculptor was or the title of the installation? The dogs appear to be mixed breeds with possibly Hound and/or Whippet parents. [map]

George Tirebiter
Los Angeles, CA
George Tirebiter was a USC mascot in the 1940s. He was a mutt that wandered onto campus. His name came from his habit of chasing cars and biting their tires. He was taken to football games and led the school's marching band onto the field wearing sweaters and funny hats. After the dog died in 1950, a successor, George Tirebiter II, was found.

This bronze statue of the George Tirebiter entitled "Mascot/Fan" was created in 2006 by Michael Davis. It depicts George Tirebiter II. For more, see this website.

Celestial Poodle
Cloverdale, CA		 dog sculpture
Rancho Cucamonga, CA		 Valor
Anaheim, CA
The Celestial Poodle sculpture was created by Peter Crompton and Robyn Spencer Crompton. It was installed downtown in 2022. [map]

This 12-foot-tall steel dog sculpture in Rancho Cucamonga was installed in front of the Bark at Central Park dog park in 2023. Entitled "On Point," it was created earlier that year by Seth Johnson for the Burning Man Festival before being purchased by the City of Rancho Cucamonga. [map]

This German Shepherd statue of Valor is installed inside the La Palma Dog Park. It is dedicated to Anaheim K-9 police officers and was created by Susan Bahary. It was installed in 2016. For more, see this website. [map]

Boy and Dog
Lawndale, CA		 Hunter and Hounds
Beverly Hills, CA
This Boy and Dog sculpture was installed in front of the Advanced Veterinary Care Center in 2018. [map]

The bronze Hunter and Hounds sculpture was created by Henri Marie Alfred Jacquemart in 1918. It was originally installed above an Army subterranean chamber at Chateau Thierry, France. Later, it was moved to the Beverly Hills home of a father whose son was killed during the World War I battle there. In 1925, the sculpture was moved to this park. For more, see this website. [map]

Dog Bench
Davis, CA		 Bosco
Sunol, CA
The bronze Dog Bench sculpture was created by Roy De Forest in 2000. It is on loan to the Shields Library at UC Davis where it is installed. De Forest taught at UC Davis from 1965-1992.

Bosco, a Labrador Retriever and Rottweiler mix, was elected the honorary mayor of Sunol from 1981-1994. This sculpture was created by Lena Toritch and installed in front of the post office in 2008. For more, see this website. [map]

Greeters
Huntington Beach, CA
The bronze Greeters sculpture at the Simple Green cleaning products company was installed in 2016. It is a tribute to the owner's five different Golden Retrievers (Beowolf, Sancho I, Jake, Bear, and Sancho II) that greeted visitors from 1972-2016. [map]

More California:
Three Dogs (Davis)
Labrador Retriever (San Diego)
Weimaraner (Santa Monica)

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