Patsy Ann
The dog that belonged to a city…
Sitting on the boardwalk on Juneau’s waterfront stands a statue of a dog that became a legend in Alaska and probably a number of other states as well. The statue is of Patsy Ann, an English Bull Terrier, born in Portland, Oregon on October 12, 1929 who came to Juneau, Alaska shortly afterwords. She died on March 30, 1942.
Patsy Ann was adopted by the people of Juneau shortly after her arrival as she made the rounds of local businesses. She had a lot of friends, most of them fed her, including a daily candy bar from one shop. Patsy Ann was also a regular at local bars, restaurants and hotels.
The remarkable thing about Patsy Ann was she was deaf from birth, but somehow heard the whistles of ships approaching Juneau long before they came up the channel. When she headed for a wharf everyone new that was where the ship would dock. She was never known to be wrong and on one occasion, when a crowd gathered at the wrong dock, Patsy Ann looked at the crowd and then turned and trotted to the correct dock.
Because of her uncanny sense about the arrival of ships to Juneau and her faithful welcome at the wharf, Juneau Mayor Goldstein officially named Patsy Ann “The Official Greeter of Juneau, Alaska” in 1934.
Old Juneau’s Ambassador was the most famous canine west of the Mississippi, and more photographed than Rin Tin Tin.
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