Top ten dogs in children's books

Cliff McNish's first dog-themed book aimed at 8-12 year-olds is Going Home. The author named his top ten dogs in children's books for the Guardian, including:Buck from Call of the Wild by Jack London

The great children's dog ever? My favourite, certainly. There's a paragraph in the novel where his owner, Thornton, asks Buck to haul an incredible pack-weight on his sledge. An impossible weight. A