What Kind Of Dog Is Tintin’S Snowy

The star of the enormously popular comic book series “The Adventures of Tintin,” by Hergé (Belgian artist Georges Rémi), is a young reporter named Tintin. But it’s Tintin’s constant companion, the spunky Wire Fox Terrier Snowy, who sparks the stories. Snowy provides comic relief, rescues Tintin from danger, butts into everyone’s business and noses out important clues, often accidentally.

So it’s fitting that Snowy helped make possible the animated feature film The Adventures of Tintin. Joe Letteri, senior visual effects supervisor and director of Weta Digital (Wellington, NZ), which has won five Oscars for creating digital characters and effects in the Lord of the Rings series, King Kong and Avatar, tells the story.

“We were just finishing the third Lord of the Rings film when Kathleen Kennedy, who produced Tintin along with Steven Spielberg, asked if we were interested in creating Snowy for the film,” Letteri says. “At the time, the idea was to make a live-action film and they wanted to be sure we could create a realistic digital white dog.”

Weta’s artists accepted the challenge and created a digital Snowy. Then, for the test shot, Letteri had the idea of putting Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson in Captain Haddock’s costume. “We had Peter [Jackson] telling Steven [Spielberg] how he’d make a good Haddock,” Letteri says, “and we had Snowy steal the scene from Peter.”

haired Fox Terrier

Is Snowy in Tintin a boy or girl?

Snowy (French: Milou) is Tintin’s companion who travels almost everywhere with him. He is a white Wire Fox Terrier, Tintin’s four-legged companion who travels everywhere with him. …

Snowy
Animal Information
Gender Male
Species Wire Fox Terrier
First Appearance Tintin in the Land of the Soviets

The Wire Fox Terrier as a separate dog breed was developed in England during the 19th century. Various strains of terriers, rough or smooth coated, white or coloured, were bred in hunt kennels for the purpose of going to ground against the fox. Little is known of the actual origin of the Wire Fox Terrier. The first standard for this breed was drawn up by The Fox Terrier Club (England) in 1876.

Head: Topline of skull almost flat, sloping slightly and gradually decreasing in width towards eyes. Little difference in length between skull and foreface. If foreface is noticeably shorter head looks weak and unfinished. Foreface gradually tapering from eye to muzzle and dipping slightly at its juncture with forehead but not dished or falling away quickly below eyes where it should be full and well made up. Excessive bony or muscular development of jaws undesirable and unsightly. Full and rounded contour of cheeks undesirable. Nose black. Eyes: Dark, full of fire and intelligence, moderately small, not prominent. As near circular in shape as possible. Not too far apart nor too high in skull nor too near ears. Light eyes highly undesirable. Ears: Small, V-shaped, of moderate thickness, flaps neatly folded over and dropping forward close to cheeks. Top line of folded ears well above level of skull. Prick, tulip or rose ears highly undesirable. Mouth: Jaws strong with perfect, regular and complete scissor bite, i.e. upper teeth closely overlapping lower teeth and set square to the jaws.

General Appearance: Active and lively, bone and strength in small compass, never cloddy or coarse. Conformation to show perfect balance; in particular this applies to the relative proportions of the skull and foreface, and similarly height at withers and length of body from shoulder point to buttocks appear approximately equal. Standing like a short-backed hunter covering a lot of ground.

Hindquarters: Strong, muscular and free from droop or crouch. Thighs long and powerful. Stifles well bent, turning neither in nor out. Hocks well let down, upright and parallel when viewed from rear. Combination of short second thigh and straight stifle highly undesirable. Feet: Round, compact with small, tough and well cushioned pads, toes moderately arched. Turning neither in nor out.

Forequarters: Seen from front the shoulders slope steeply down from junction with neck towards points which should be fine; viewed from side, long and well laid back and sloping obliquely backwards. Withers always cleancut. Chest deep, not broad. Viewed from any direction, legs straight, bone strong right down to feet. Elbows perpendicular to body, working free of sides, carried straight when moving.

What type of dog is Bob in Poirot?

Bob the Wire Fox Terrier, from the Hercule Poirot episode: The Dumb Witness.

Tintin is well-educated, intelligent, and selfless with morals that cannot be compromised. … The final unfinished adventure, Tintin and Alph-Art, saw Tintin being led out of his cell to be killed, although it is very unlikely that he dies at the end of the story.

Here are Tintin’s vital statistics: he is Caucasian, lacks a first name, an orphan, without a past, a native of Brussels (as opposed to Belgian), about fifteen years old, obviously celibate, excessively virtuous, chivalrous, brave, a defender of the weak and oppressed, never looks for trouble but always finds it; he is …

Hergé created Tintin as a White Belgian who was a native of Brussels, aged 14–15 years old with blonde hair.

FAQ

What dog Is Tin Tins?

Snowy (French: Milou) is Tintin’s Wire Fox Terrier dog and a protagonist of the series.

Is Tintin dog a boy or girl?

The Wire Fox Terrier combines the energy and independence of terriers with an affectionate, upbeat personality that makes him an ideal family dog. Wire Fox Terriers and Smooth Fox Terriers were long considered varieties of the same breed, but today they’re recognized as distinct breeds.