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 ...

This week, Lassie returned to the screens, with a remake of the 1943 film coming 80 years since Eric Mowbray Knight’s classic novel was first published. In this retelling of the story, Lassie and a ...

Like his father, who taught him, he bred and coached the collies that played the heroic star of television and movies. By Michael S. Rosenwald Bob Weatherwax, a Hollywood dog trainer who carried on ...

Lassie: Fiction’s most famous collie While many heroic dogs achieved fame through real-life exploits, one of the most influential canines in history emerged from the imagination of author Eric Knight, ...

Is this TV commercial a copy of 'Lassie' or merely reminiscent? By Eriq Gardner Former Legal Editor-at-Large When a family is in peril, which dog will it turn to for help? The owner of the famous ...

Lassie Pet Products is on the hunt for a new best friend to appear on packages of its new Lassie Natural Way dog food and is giving consumers a chance to let their pets shine. Consumers can enter the ...

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 ...