Going to the Dogs – Answers
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6) Buck is the main character of this early 20th-century novel, set in 19th-century Alaska. The Call of the Wild by Jack London [yet another depressing-ending story by this author] (squeak)
7) The annual Iditarod race commemorates the delivery of life-saving serum to Nome, Alaska by packs of sled dogs, thereby bring an end to the outbreak of this disease. Diphtheria. [The plane which was supposed to deliver the serum had engine trouble, leaving dogsleds as the only alternative.] (squeak)
8) Balto, the most famous of the serum-delivering dogs is memorialized with a statue in this park. Central Park (squeak [another one I didn’t think anyone would get])
[As pointed out by “squeak”, she had puppies, but they haven’t made an appearance in many years] (squeak)
11) Winston Churchill and Orel Hershiser share this nickname. Bulldog (squeak)
[The USSR sent it into orbit with no means of safely retuning it, so the dog quickly suffocated] (squeak)
13) Nipper famously listened for (and to) this. His master’s voice. [Although people are familiar with the picture, I didn’t think anyone knew the dog’s name. The picture was of a real dog listening to its deceased master’s recorded voice. There is a landmarked large model of Nipper atop a building in upstate Albany, NY – the only one of its kind remaining in the U.S.] (squeak)
14) This U.S. President had him as a Buddy. Bill Clinton (squeak)
[The famous “Dog that didn’t bark”] (squeak)
[Savage Sam (its sequel) would’ve been acceptable, but this was the correct answer] (squeak)
17) The “Dog Star”. Sirius. [Also, the brightest star in the sky] (squeak)
18) A small tent. Pup Tent (squeak)
19) A type of three-masted sailing ship. Barque. [Alternative spellings are barc or bark]
20) “Searchlight” is Little Willy’s dog in this popular 1980 children’s novel by John Reynolds Gardiner about a dogsled race. Stone Fox (squeak)
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You’re always welcome to jump in with answers.
IMO, it’s only considered “chapping” if you aren’t part of the explicitly stated target audience (i.e. a kid’s riddle), or if you already heard the answer to a puzzle/riddle.