Snowy (character) Snowy (character) Snowy ( ) is a fictional character in "The Adventures of Tintin", the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. Snowy is a white Wire Fox Terrier who is a companion to Tintin, the series' protagonist. Snowy debuted on 10 January 1929 in the first installment of "Tintin in the Land of the Soviets", which was serialised in "Le Petit Vingtième" until May 1930. Snowy is modeled in part on a Fox Terrier at a café that Hergé used to frequent. Milou, Snowy's original French name, was the nickname of Hergé's first girlfriend. In the first eight Tintin adventures,
Scottish Terrier nickname of "Tartans". Agnes Scott College in Decatur, Georgia also uses the Scottie as their mascot. The dog's image is a symbol for the Radley brand of bags. The amateur athletics organisation Jogscotland has an anthropomorphic Scottish Terrier as its mascot. Scottish Terrier The Scottish Terrier (; also known as the Aberdeen Terrier), popularly called the Scottie, is a breed of dog. Initially one of the highland breeds of terrier that were grouped under the name of "Skye Terrier", it is one of five breeds of terrier that originated in Scotland, the other four being the modern Skye, Cairn, Dandie