We’re putting Wearside’s finest pooches from the past back in the news in time for National Dog Day which is on August 26.
There’s the dog which loved a pint in 1986, the three-legged hero from 1987 and the four-legged lookalikes from 1998.
Take the lead and have a look at these Echo archive scenes.
9. A Meister-ful performance
Two year old German shepherd Meister was a top performer in 1997. He was taught lots of tricks by his owner Alan McManus. | se
10. Double trouble in 1998
Elizabeth Dent thought she was seeing double when daughter Michaela spotted what she thought was Elizabeth's pet pooch Mac in the street. Michaela took the "escaped" dog to her mum's home. But Mac was there and the dog she found was an almost exact double. | se
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