Comments on: "In all the annals of dogdom there has never been anything his equal."

"In all the annals of dogdom there has never been anything his equal."

amyms — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 00:41:23 -0800

Jim, The Wonder Dog. During the height of the Great Depression, a "plain black and white setter" entertained and mystified the citizens of Missouri with his "extraordinary cleverness" and his seemingly inexplicable ability to foretell the future.

Jim The Wonder Dog Memorial Park A visit to Jim's gravesite (before the Memorial Park was built) "Jim, go to the girl with the red dress on." An official Jim The Wonder Dog site (mostly geared toward selling memorabilia)

By: dogmom

dogmom — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 08:57:38 -0800

I may be biased, but I liked this. However, I am curious what Stavros thinks- it seems he would be the authority on this sort of thing.

By: cobaltnine

cobaltnine — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 09:02:04 -0800

I have had the distinct pleasure of visiting this site while I was excavating nearby in Arrow Rock, MO. It is the most interesting thing within an hour of where it is. Jim truly was a brave dog, a dog of wonders and of, well, let's be honest, good training. (I snagged a T-shirt when I was there - unintentionally retro fabulous.)

By: MrVisible

MrVisible — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 09:20:01 -0800

Sounds a lot like Clever Hans, the Wonder Horse.

By: vronsky

vronsky — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 09:46:13 -0800

Wonder dog, meet Hypno dog.

By: middleclasstool

middleclasstool — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 10:13:37 -0800

Holy crap, never thought I'd see a reference to Jim the Wonder Dog on MeFi. I read the book when I was just a little boy, younger than ten, and cried my goddamn eyes out when Jim died. Thanks for this.