Deletion of Tootsie (dog)

Comment: as a .  The so-called statue is a lawn ornament.  There is no coverage about this dog and its heroic act, so the article fails |verifiability.  And the claim that the Daily Mail had an exclusive and also conveniently purged its old articles is a far-fetched.  Old news articles are offered up behind pay walls, and would be turned up in a google news search.  Furthermore, a paper can get an exclusive from the family, but they cannot prevent other papers from reporting a a news event.  So even if this did happen (which I seriously doubt), no other newspapers thought that the event was notable enough to provide coverage.  Therefore, it fails |notability.  But really, it's a contravention of 
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Do not create hoaxes (WP:HOAX||WP:V||WP:N||WP:HOAX)

Comment: If there was an exclusive in the Daily Mail, I can't find it http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/search.html?searchPhrase=tootsie here. Nor does google return anything. Even if it did, would it make the mutt notable? No, because it would be a |one time event
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:ONEEVENT)

Comment: nice story if true, but as it is there don't seem to be any sources to support it, and either way it would be a |one time event and not warrant an article on the subject
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:1E)