If you’ve ever come across the trivia question: “Which breed is Lassie, the famous dog from the classic movies and television series?” The answer is the Rough Collie. With her long coat, elegant face, ...

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 ...

Bob Weatherwax, who was an icon of Hollywood’s canine world, died on Thursday, August 15, Us Weekly can exclusively confirm. He was 83. As the son of Rudd Weatherwax — who was the original owner and ...

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 ...

Robert Weatherwax, son of the creator of Lassie, with a 7th generation descendent of Lassie in 1994. Janson Media/Courtesy Everett Collection Robert Weatherwax, a second-generation Hollywood animal ...

Bob Weatherwax, who trained dogs who played Lassie as a member of the famous family that also taught Hollywood hounds a thing or two in The Thin Man (Asta), The Wizard of Oz (Toto) and Old Yeller ...

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 ...

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 ...