Britney vs. Spot

A Look at Dog's names Then and Now

By Mary-Jo Dionne | Photographs by Brooke Jacobs

ATTICUS. BARNEY. CHARLIE. ESTHER. FLOSSIE. GEORGE. No, not characters in your favourite old Bobsey Twins book, just a sprinkling of celebrities' dogs' names. (Okay, celebrities and one Modern Dog staffer.) A little bit of (very fun) research, and an intimate relationship with everyone's good friend Google, and accessing that all-important list of Hollywood's dogs is mere seconds away.

From Jennifer Aniston and the main man in her life, Norman, to Sienna Miller's two most loyal pals, Porgy and Bess, there is one dog clearly missing from the list. And if I could somehow squeeze in a Shakespearean pun-of-a-hint without it feeling too forced, this is where I would say: "Out, damn Spot!" But since that would be nothing short of an embarrassingly dad-like eye-roller, instead I ask: What ever happened to baby Spot?