Long before Grumpy Cat took the internet by storm, before we became obsessed with Maru fitting in boxes, and before Lil Bub became an icon, there was Dagwood – the ping pong tortie from Portland, Oregon.
In the 1950s, Portland tortie cat Dagwood became a pint-sized ping-pong prodigy after pawing her way into the feline hall of fame: ‘She wouldn’t leave her owner alone while he played’