Snoopy is an anthropomorphic beagle in the comic strip Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz. He can also be found in all of the Peanuts films and television specials. Since his debut on October 4, 1950, Snoopy has become one of the most recognizable and iconic characters in the comic strip and is considered more famous than Charlie Brown in some countries. The original drawings of Snoopy were inspired by Spike, one of Schulz's childhood dogs.
Snoopy piloting his World War I "Sopwith Camel" fighter bi-plane, disguised as a doghouse
Clockwise from top left: Andy, Spike, Olaf, Rover, Belle, Molly, Snoopy, and Marbles.
Apollo 10 astronaut Gene Cernan with a Snoopy puppet at a news conference, 1969
The beagle is a breed of small scent hound, similar in appearance to the much larger foxhound. The beagle was developed primarily for hunting hare, known as beagling. Possessing a great sense of smell and superior tracking instincts, the beagle is the primary breed used as a detection dog for prohibited agricultural imports and foodstuffs in quarantine around the world. The beagle is a popular pet due to its size, good temper, and a lack of inherited health problems.
Tricolor Beagle
The Southern Hound is thought to be an ancestor of the beagle
Early images of the beagle (clockwise from top left): 1833, 1835, Stonehenge's Medium (1859, reusing Youatt's 1852 "Beagle" image) and Dwarf Beagle (1859).
A uniform type for the breed developed at the start of the 20th century