Cali, a Real 'deputy first dog' and Cartoon Deputy Dawg!

Cali, California's new 'deputy first dog' (Cr:Gov. Jerry Brown's office)

You may remember "Deputy Dawg" the cartoon character from the 1960s, but now in California, there's a real-life Deputy Dog!  Now you can learn about both.  If you missed the story from the LA Times in March, here it is-

Meet Cali, the Golden State's new 'deputy first dog'
By MELANIE MASON, LA Times

Gov. Jerry Brown’s administration just got a whole lot cuter.
   The governor announced Wednesday that Cali, a 2-month-old “bordoodle”— a mix of a border collie and a standard poodle— will serve as the state’s “deputy first dog.”
   The job responsibilities entail helping Brown’s dog Colusa, dubbed the state’s “First Dog” in “herding staff at the state Capitol and lending a paw around the family ranch in Colusa County,” according to the governor’s office.
   The news was buried in a routine press release unveiling a number of Brown’s administration appointments. But the canine-inspired comedy indicated this announcement was unlike the others.
   “This position does not require Senate confirmation – though the Deputy First Dog will gladly appear almost anywhere there are treats – and the compensation is per diem belly rubs. Cali is a Doggocrat,” said the news release.
   Brown’s pups have played a high-profile role during his tenure as governor. Sutter, his beloved Corgi who died in 2016, was the face of Brown’s 2012 effort to pass Proposition 30, a temporary tax hike. Colusa, a border collie-corgi mix, is a constant Capitol presence with a cheeky Twitter account.

THE CARTOON DEPUTY DAWG- The Deputy Dawg television series first ran, on a weekly basis, from September 8, 1962 to May 25, 1963. The cartoons are between four and six minutes long, and were packaged three at a time and shown as a half-hour program. The character of Deputy Dawg (a dog) is a deputy sheriff in the State of Florida, of the United States. As the episodes progressed, the location changed to Mississippi, and later to Tennessee. The other main characters are the 'varmints' Muskie Muskrat, Moley Mole, Possible 'Possum, Ty Coon, Vincent van Gopher, Pig Newton, and Dawg's boss the Sheriff, as well as Mrs. Deputy. Deputy Dawg