Comments on: Rin Tin Tin: The True Story

By: Kate Kelly

Kate Kelly — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 13:29:25 +0000

Wow…thanks for posting. That’s an amazing story and certainly tells a lot about the loyalty of dogs.

Kate

By: Sarah Loeffel

Sarah Loeffel — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 07:07:04 +0000

My Working line German Shepherd was already middle aged when I brought an elderly friend with dementia to live with me as she was being abused in her nursing home. My German Shepherd decided she needed his services so stuck closely to her 24/7. One night at 3 am I heard a crash. My dog could heard through a closed door she was having a medical emergency and tried to break down the door. I was able to call an ambulance and they saved her life. Had I not found her until morning she likely would have died. They both died within a month of each other and I believe they are together in Heaven.

By: Kate Kelly

Kate Kelly — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 16:39:52 +0000

In reply to Mike Saunders. That’s so interesting… and surprising! Thanks for posting.

By: Mike Saunders

Mike Saunders — Sat, 26 Jul 2025 05:11:13 +0000

Actually, the dog buried in France was just named after Rin Tin Tin. According to Lee Duncan’s daughter, to her knowledge he never moved Rin Tin Tin from the burial spot on Club View Drive. So whoever owns the house at that location today may unknowingly be the guardian of his burial location. If someone could get into that location with a ground detector they could probably confirm whether or not Duncan’s daughter is right. After all, if the dog in France is not Rin Tin Tin then the Club View Drive location is probably where he rests.

By: Kate Kelly

Kate Kelly — Tue, 25 Oct 2022 18:06:54 +0000

In reply to John W. Thomas.

John,
Thank you so much for posting. Wow what a wonderful career! Liaka is one of the dogs I’ve read about. I would love to talk to you more at another time…I’ll try to be in touch.

All best,
Kate

By: John W. Thomas

John W. Thomas — Tue, 25 Oct 2022 15:26:51 +0000

Thankyou for the reading, I grew up on K9s like RIN-Tin-Tin ,Bullet,and many more in the 50-60, I was honored to have a German Shepard puppy at my age of 6 years old Name Sandy who in my eyes was just as smart as the K9 Star’s. Sandy was my first K9 to have as a dog companion she lived for 7 years, she was killed by my next door neighbor coming home drunk and was ran over while she was asleep on the from lawn. Many years later I became a K9 City Police officer and had 6 K9 partners Egor,Ben, Britt. After 23 years I was hired by the Dept of Veteran Affairs/US Marshals Office as a K9 Agent and my EOD K9 was another Shepard named Ahma, we were the East Cost EOD Team for our Country’s Homeland Security on IEDs for 9 year’s, I was requited by the Department of Defense and paired up with a EOD K9-Liaka to do two tours with the US Army Special Forces in Afghanistan to help with the ongoing threat of IEDs and keep the military safe while at their basses of operations. Thanks to the K9s of the Movie World and my K9 Sandy. I am still Training and involved in the K9 World for teaching Kids.Keeping Familys Safe with yes Training Dogs…..

By: Kate Kelly

Kate Kelly — Sun, 25 Oct 2020 03:07:46 +0000

In reply to Dorothy Frankey. Thank you for sharing your story! Dogs can be very protective of their families, but Lance sounds so sensitive to you kids and your mom....what a great memory.

By: Dorothy Frankey

Dorothy Frankey — Sun, 25 Oct 2020 00:53:50 +0000

In the mid 1950’s my family was graced with a great grandson of Rin Tin Tin. I was 7 or 8 yrs old. We called him Lance. My dad worked until 11 pm or midnight. Mom was home alone with 3 kids every night. She told me in later years, she never felt afraid. She would put us kids in bed and then start cleaning up from supper. Lance would lay on the floor in the kitchen. When she was done she would finally sit down. Lance would trot down the hall and then come back a few minutes later. She followed him down the hall and watched him go to each bed and check on us. Satisfied that all was well he would join her and lay down at her feet with his head on her feet. If one of us was sick or fretting he would come get her. I have more stories. Lance was very intelligent and was never professionally trained. He was instinctively the protector of our family.

By: Michael Musso

Michael Musso — Mon, 19 Oct 2020 11:59:23 +0000

Most dogs are smarter than many humans!