dog names

Dogs in literature

• Asta, dog of Nick and Nora Charles from the novel The Thin Man.
• Banga, Pontius Pilatus' dog in James The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov.
• Baran, one of the seven Hounds is of Shadow in Malazan Book of the Fallen by Steven Erikson
• Bella, Useppe's companion in homosexual La Storia (History) by Elsa Morante.
• Big James, Irish Red and other Irish Setters, protagonists of novels by Jim Kjelgaard, some of which were also Disneyfied
• Blind, one of the seven Hounds of Shadow in Malazan Book of the Fallen by Steven Erikson
• Boots, narrator of Thy Servant a Dog by Rudyard Kipling
• Boyd, forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan's dog in Kathy Reichs novels
• Buck, the main character in Jack London's Call of the Wild
• Bullseye, Bill Sikes' dog in Oliver Twist
• Čang, his master's (the sea captain) drinking companion in The Dreams of Čang by Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin.
• Chief from The Fox and the Hound
• Copper from The Fox and the Hound
• Cujo the St. Bernard in the novel by Stephen King (later a movie)
• Cyril, the dog in Connie Willis's book about time-travel To Say Nothing of the Dog, in which three men in a boat pass Jerome K. Jerome's Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog!) (you had to be there)
• Daisy, Doberman Pinscher sidekick of Chief Holly Barker in several novels by Stuart Woods
• Dingo, in A Captain at Fifteen by Jules Verne
• the Disreputable Dog, in Lirael and Abhorsen by Garth Nix
• Doan, one of the seven Hounds of Shadow in Malazan Book of the Fallen by Steven Erikson
• Dog, the hellhound from "Good Omens" by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
• Dog, the companion of Haplo in the Death Gate Cycle by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman
• Duchess, the dog who thought she swallowed a patty pan, in Beatrix Potter's The Pie and the Patty Pan
• Duke, Penrod Schofield's Terrier mix in Booth Tarkington's Penrod: His Complete Story
• Einstein, the golden retriever in Dean Koontz's book Watchers
• Fang, Hagrid's dog, a boarhound (a Mastiff) in the Harry Potter books: (in the movies, Fang is a Neapolitan Mastiff)
• Fluffy, the three-headed dog (similar to Cerberus) in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
• Fred Basset, The eponymous Basset Hound in Alex Graham's comic Fred Basset
• Ganrod, one of the seven Hounds of Shadow in Malazan Book of the Fallen by Steven Erikson
• Gear, one of the seven Hounds of Shadow in Malazan Book of the Fallen by Steven Erikson
• Hairy Maclary
• Hank the Cowdog, the crimefighting hero of several novels by John Erickson
• Gaspode, an unusually clever dog who talks, in various Discworld novels by Terry Pratchett
• Greyfriars Bobby, a true story which became the basis of much fiction
• "Hound of the Baskervilles (The)", a Sherlock Holmes tale by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle with the famous line, "They were the footprints of a gigantic hound!"
• Hounds of Tindalos from the Cthulhu Mythos
• Howard, the dog in Bunnicula and sequels by James Howe
• Huan, The great wolfhound of Valinor, friend and helper of Beren and Lúthien, in J. R. R. Tolkien's novel The Silmarillion
• Hundred and One Dalmatians (The) by Dodie Smith, subsequently made into a movie by Walt Disney
• Jack from Little House on the Prairie series by Laura Ingalls Wilder.
• Jenny, the star of Maurice Sendak's Higglety-Pigglety Pop, or, There Must Be More To Life
• Jip, one of Doctor Doolittle's animal companions in the books by Hugh Lofting
• Jock, from Jock of the Bushveld, by Sir Percy FitzPatrick, a South African classic first published in 1907
• John Joiner, the terrier who rescued Tom Kitten from being made into a pudding by rats in Beatrix Potter's The Roly-Poly Pudding
• Jumble, William Brown's dog in the Just William stories by Richmal Crompton
• Kafi, the main heroes' German shepherd of the French novel series Les Six Compagnons, by Paul-Jacques Bonzon
• Kashtanka, the main character in Anton Chekhov's short story of the same name (full text)
• Kep, the Collie, from Beatrix Potter's The Tale of Jemima Puddle-duck and other books
• Lad, a dog by Albert Payson Terhune
• Laddie (a send-up of Lassie (qv)) who stars in Discworld alongside Gaspode
• Lassie, a collie, from the novel Lassie Come Home upon which the movie was very loosely based
• Leo (aka Sirius), protagonist of Dogsbody by Diana Wynne Jones
• The mad dog in Oliver Goldsmith's An Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog
• Martha, the too-talkative dog of Martha Speaks by Susan Meddaugh
• Montmorency, the narrator's unruly Fox Terrier in Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog!) by Jerome K. Jerome
• Nana, the Newfoundland dog in Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie
• Nero, the St. Bernard who comes to live with the Wilders in Laura Ingalls Wilder's The First Four Years
• Nop, the Border Collie, from the novel Nop's Trials by Donald McCaig
• Nose E., pooch specialist in clandestine bomb- and narcotic-sniffing, (and his Yorkie apprentices, Golda and Groucho), occasionally called in by Midnight Louie (fur-footed sleuth whose exploits are ghost-written by Carole Nelson Douglas) when a puss just can't I.D. a scent; three pounds of baritone bark hidden by four pounds of Maltese fluff and a red bow to clear his peepers
• Old Dan and Little Ann from Where the Red Fern Grows
• Olive, the Other Reindeer, from the book by Vivian Walsh and J. Otto Siebold, subsequently in the television special produced by Matt Groening
• Patrasche, the dog in A Dog of Flanders by Ouida
• Orson, the black Labrador retriever of Chris Snow in Dean Koontz's novels Seize the Night and Fear Nothing
• "Padfoot", or the nickname commonly referring to Sirius Black's animagus dog form in the Harry Potter novels by J.K. Rowling.
• Pickles, the terrier who kept shop with Ginger the cat in Beatrix Potter's Ginger and Pickles
• The Poky Little Puppy of the children's book written by Janette Sebring Lowry and illustrated by Gustaf Tenggren
• Ponch, Kit Rodriguez's dog who creates alternate universes, from Diane Duane's Young Wizards series
• Prince, Jasper King's dog in Margaret Sidney's Five Little Peppers and How They Grew
• Ribsy, companion of Henry Huggins and character in numerous novels for young readers by Beverly Cleary
• Red Dog (novel)
• The dogs of The Tale of Little Pig Robinson by Beatrix Potter: Bob the Retriever; Gypsy; Pirate and Postboy the Greyhounds; Stumpy; Timothy Gyp the Sheepdog; and Tipkins
• Rood, one of the seven Hounds of Shadow in Malazan Book of the Fallen by Steven Erikson
• Rowf and Snitter, the main characters in Richard Adams' The Plague Dogs
• Scupper, from Margaret Wise Brown's children's book, The Sailor Dog, illustrated by Garth Williams
• Shan, one of the seven Hounds of Shadow in Malazan Book of the Fallen by Steven Erikson
• Sharik/Sharikov, the dog/man in Mikhail Bulgakov's Heart of a Dog
• Sirius (1944), by Olaf Stapledon, a science fiction novel about a canine Einstein
• Shep, Almanzo's shepherd dog in Laura Ingalls Wilder's These Happy Golden Years and The First Four Years
• The unnamed narrator of Franz Kafka's short story, Investigations of a Dog (1922)
• Tiger, the dog of Arthur Gordon Pym in A Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym by Edgar Allan Poe and its sequel, An Antarctic Mystery by Jules Verne
• Tiny/Domino of Little Dog Lost by Howard Goldsmith
• Toby, the dog used by Sherlock Holmes in The Sign of Four by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
• Top, the dog of Cyrus Smith in Jules Verne's Mysterious Island
• Toto in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
• Timmy (or Timothy) in The Famous Five series of books by Enid Blyton
• Wellington in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time book by Mark Haddon
• White Dog, the main family's pet who plays a minor but symbolic role in Julie Otsuka's When the Emperor Was Divine
• White Fang, the main character in Jack London's book of the same name
• What-a-Mess, the accident-prone Afghan puppy in a series of children's books by Frank Muir (later a television series)
• Winn-Dixie, from the book Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo and the 2005 film of the same name
• Yellow Dog Dingo, dog in Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories
• Zelda Van Gutters, the "roving reporter" of Nickelodeon Magazine
• An entire civilization of intelligent dogs evolves in City by Clifford D. Simak

Dogs in film

(Except those eligible for listing below in "Cartoons, animation, puppets")

See also Category:Films about dogs

• Asta, in the various Thin Man films.
• The basset hound in Avalon.
• Babe (film) featured Border Collies.
• Beethoven, the St. Bernard hero of the Beethoven movie series.
• Benji had several movies.
• Bingo, the runaway circus dog who befriends the young boy through a series of adventures in the movie of the same name.
• The many dog stars of the mockumentary Best in Show.
• Blood, the talking dog in A Boy and his Dog.
• Buckley, Ari and Uzi's hound dog from "The Royal Tenenbaums" which survives a plane crash, and later faces further tribulations.
• Buddy, the dog from the Air Bud movie series.
• The film Cats & Dogs postulates an ongoing war dating back to ancient times between cats and dogs. The main character, a Beagle named Lou, is voiced by Tobey Maguire.
• Cody, the three legged dog from "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou," which is left behind by the pirates, adopted by team Zissou, and later returned.
• Copernicus and Einstein in the Back to the Future trilogy
• Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell, from the film of the same title
• Dog, Max's dog in Mad Max 2, an Australian Cattle Dog, or Blue Heeler
• Dog, John Wayne's dog in Big Jake
• Einstein, Doc Brown's sheepdog in Back to the Future
• Frank, the alien dog in Men in Black
• Fred, the Snowman's Bassett Hound in "Smokey and the Bandit"
• George, Katharine Hepburn's dog in Bringing Up Baby
• The many dog stars of Good Boy!, including the main character, Hubble, a Border Terrier, voiced by Matthew Broderick.
• Gort, the furious - and later convalescent - dog from There's Something About Mary
• Harvey, Elliot's dog in E.T.
• Hercules, the monstrous, baseball-eating mastiff from The Sandlot
• Homeward Bound and its sequel, featured Chance, (an American bulldog), and Shadow, (a golden retriever) trying to find their way home through the Sierra mountains. (As well as their Himalayan cat-friend, Sassy.)
• Hooch, the Dogue de Bordeaux costar of Turner and Hooch
• Hoser, the ultimately magical, beer-loving dog owned by Bob & Doug McKenzie in Strange Brew.
• Jerry Lee, the German shepherd supposed to be a trained police dog in K-9
• Kerouac, the dog lost by the homeless Jerry Baskin in Down and Out in Beverly Hills
• Lassie Come Home (1943), starring Elizabeth Taylor and Roddy McDowall, many sequels and also a television show. Lassie is always played by a male collie.
• Matisse, Dave Whiteman's Border collie in Down and Out in Beverly Hills
• Michelangelo, St. Bernard Beethoven's double à la The Prince and the Pauper in Beethoven's 4th
• Milo, Stanley Ipkiss' dog in The Mask
• Missy, the St. Bernard girlfriend of Beethoven in Beethoven's 2nd
• Moses, the chalk outline dog in Dogville
• Mr. Beefy, the talking bulldog in Little Nicky
• Nanook, the Alaskan Malamute in The Lost Boys
• Old Yeller (1957), a children's film, originally a novel by Fred Gipson
• Otis, the Pug in The Adventures of Milo and Otis
• Odie, a dog from Garfield (film)
• General Patton's Bull terrier in Patton; named William the Conqueror but demoted to Willy for cowardice
• Pac-Man, the vampire pomeranian in Blade: Trinity
• Pete the Pup (or "Petey"), a Pit Bull with a ring around one eye, in the Our Gang (later known as The Little Rascals) shorts produced by Hal Roach and later, MGM. A number of dogs played the role.
• Precious, the white Toy poodle beloved of 'Buffalo Bill' in Silence of the Lambs
• Rin Tin Tin, first dog star, a German Shepherd found in a trench by an American soldier, has appeared in films since 1922. All subsequent dogs in the part have been descendants of the original. Also on television.
• Sam, the dog in Dante's Peak who leaps out of a field of boiling-hot lava to safety in a passing truck
• A transfigured Sirius Black in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
• Shiloh, the beagle featured in Phyllis Reynolds Naylor's internationally popular Newbery Medal- winning book trilogy - Shiloh, Shiloh Season and Saving Shiloh, with more than 7,000,000 books in print. Adapted into three successful films by Carl Borack and Dale Rosenbloom.
• Shithead, from the movie "The Jerk" starring Steve Martin
• Skip, Jack Russell terrier featured in the movie My Dog Skip adapted from the book My Dog Skip by Willie Morris
• Sparky, the Jack Russell terrier brought back to life by archangel John Travolta in Michael
• Toto from The Wizard of Oz
• Verdell, the Brussels Griffon in As Good as It Gets
• Winn-Dixie, see Dogs in literature, above

Dogs on the radio

• Dennis the Dachshund in The Adventures of Toytown on the BBC Light Programme
• Pootzy in The Odyssey of Runyon Jones, a radio play by Norman Corwin first broadcast on June 8, 1941.
• Sandy in Little Orphan Annie, a radio show that aired between 1930 and 1942

Dogs in television

(Except those eligible for listing below in "Cartoons, animation, puppets")

• Brandon the Wonder Dog, Golden Retriever on Punky Brewster
• Boomer, titular star of Here's Boomer
• Brandy from Brandy and Mr. Whiskers
• Buck from Married... with Children
• Buddy, Veronica Chase's Bulldog on Veronica's Closet
• Bullet the Wonder Dog, Roy Rogers' German Shepherd on The Roy Rogers Show
• Chester, spoiled Pomeranian belonging to Cece Babcock on The Nanny
• Claude, Mrs. Drysdale's Poodle on The Beverly Hillbillies
• Colin, the miniature schnauzer on Spaced
• Comet, the family Golden retriever on Full House
• Cynthia, Mr. Haney's Basset hound on Green Acres
• Diefenbaker, the half-wolf dog from Due South
• Dreyfus, the St. Bernard mix on Empty Nest
• Duke, Jed Clampett's Bloodhound on The Beverly Hillbillies
• Earnest, Dave Barry's dog on Dave's World based on the actual dog owned by the real Dave Barry.
• Eddie (played by Moose and Enzo), the Jack Russell Terrier from Frasier
• Elizabeth Taylor (nee Princess Dandyridge Brandywine) from Sex and the City
• Eric, into which a boy turned, on Woof!
• Fang (or Dog), Columbo's Basset hound
• Flash The Basset Hound from The Dukes of Hazzard
• Fred, "Little Ricky's" puppy in I Love Lucy
• Happy from 7th Heaven
• K-9, a canoid robot in Doctor Who
• K-9 Cop
• Krypto the Superdog
• Lassie, see Dogs in film, above
• London the Wonder Dog in The Littlest Hobo, Canadian television series in the late 1950s and early 1960s; and the remake circa 1980s.
• Max, the Fatman's bulldog in Jake and the Fatman
• Maximillian (Max-a-Million), the Bionic Dog from The Bionic Woman
• Mignon, Lisa Douglas's Yorkshire terrier on Green Acres
• Murray, the Buchmans' Collie-shepherd mix on Mad About You
• Neil, the ghostly St. Bernard of deceased Marion & George Kerby in Topper
• Paul Anka, Lorelai's dog on "Gilmore Girls"
• Pippin, in CBeebies' Come Outside
• Porthos, the Beagle owned by Captain Archer in Star Trek: Enterprise
• Queegqueg, Clyde Bruckman's Pomeranian left to Dana Scully on The X-Files, subsequently eaten by a lake monster
• Rex from Kommissar Rex (aka Inspector Rex and Rex: A Cop's Best Friend), Austrian/German TV series set in Vienna (1994 - ) (see photos)
• R.I.C., Robotic Interactive Canine assistant to the Power Rangers
• Stinky and Nunzio, Dharma's Briard mix and Corgi on Dharma and Greg
• Sugar, the dog of the kitty-killed archaeology grad student in The X-Files
• Tet, Stringfellow Hawke's Bluetick Coonhound from Airwolf
• Tiger from The Brady Bunch
• Tramp, the Douglas family's sheepdog mix on My Three Sons
• Truffles (played by Pussy Galore) Mildred's terrier in the British sitcom George & Mildred
• Vincent, the dog from Lost
• Wildmutt, from Ben 10
• Wishbone, the eponymous Jack Russell Terrier star of the award winning children's educational series featuring literary themes and their application to issues faced by young viewers.
• Wubbie
• Yukon King, Sgt. Preston's Husky on Sergeant Preston of the Yukon (created for radio)
• Zeus and Apollo, Robin Masters' Dobermann Pinschers in Magnum PI
• Laddie - The Simpsons
• Spot/ Scott - Disney's Teacher's Pet
• Puff - The Proud Family

Dogs in advertising

• Andrex toilet tissue adverts' puppy
• Bonzo the dog
• Duke, the Golden Retriever entrusted with the secret family recipe for Bush's Baked Beans
• Jasper T. Jowls, hound dog mascot for Chuck E. Cheese's.
• Lucky, fluffy terrier mascot for the More Than insurance company in a long-running series of UK television advertisements
• McGruff the Crime Dog, public service mascot for The National Crime Prevention Council.
• Magic, an Airedale Terrier who is Old Navy's "spokesdog"
• Moose, Jack Russell Terrier with many advertising credits
• Nipper, the RCA mascot (see also Victor Talking Machine Company and His Master's Voice)
• Spuds MacKenzie, beer mascot
• Taco Bell mascot, a Chihuahua (see also Taco Bell chihuahua)
• Target commercials' Bull Terrier
• Ubu, Labrador Retriever, mascot of Ubu Productions which produced Family Ties

Cartoons, animation, puppets

• Ace, The Bat-Hound, a Black and Straw GSD and a member of the Batman mythos of DC comics
• Alexander, Nina Tucker's dog and later fused with Nina as a chimera in the manga and anime FullMetal Alchemist
• Akamaru, Kiba Inuzuka's dog from the manga and anime Naruto
• characters from the animated film All Dogs Go to Heaven
• Andy, the faithful St. Bernard in the comic strip Mark Trail
• The Angriest Dog in the World, from the comic strip by David Lynch
• Anubis "Doggie" Cruger
• Astro from The Jetsons
• Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy by Hanna-Barbera
• Baby Cinnamon, friend of Hello Kitty
• Bad Dog! An early animated computer screen saver
• characters from the animated film Balto
• Bandit, Jonny Quest's bulldog
• Bandit, from the comic book WE3
• Barkley, a Muppet character from Sesame Street
• Beauregard, the Bloodhound in Walt Kelly's Pogo
• Beekay (B.K.), Winston's lapdog in Freefall (webcomic) (B.K. stands for Bunny Killer - he kills dust bunnies!)
• Belle, the white mountain dog, co-star of Belle et Sébastien
• B. H., Calcutta (Failed), the bloodhound with no sense of smell in British comic strip The Perishers
• Bill, a cocker dog from the comic strip Boule et Bill by Jean Roba
• Binky Barnes, an anthropomorphized bull dog that plays on the TV series Arthur.
• Black Bob, formerly from the British comic The Dandy
• Black Hayate, Liza Hakweye's dog in the manga and anime Fullmetal Alchemist
• Blitz, robotic companion to Bowser it animated series C.O.P.S
• Blue and Magenta in Blue's Clues
• Bolivar, Donald Duck's dog
• Boot, companion of the boy Wellington in The Perishers
• Brain, from Inspector Gadget
• Brandy, from Brandy and Mr. Whiskers
• Brian Griffin, cynical, substance-abusing, talking dog on Family Guy
• Bruno, apparently a bloodhound cross, in Disney's Cinderella
• Bruno, apparently a Basset Hound cross, in The Triplets of Belleville
• Burp, in Gerald McBoing Boing
• Butch the Bulldog
• CatDog, eponymous star of the Nickelodeon TV show. See also List of fictional cats
• Chacha, a dog reincarnated into a toy car, but still keeping a dog-like appearance. He is from the anime I Love Bubu Chacha
• Charlie the German Shepherd from All Dogs Go to Heaven
• Charlie Dog, "Looney Tunes" character created by Chuck Jones
• Checkers Hibiki, from the anime Ranma 1/2
• Chief, from The Fox and the Hound
• Churchill, a bulldog in the form of a talking "nodding dog" car accessory, from UK television ads for Churchill insurance. Originally voiced by Vic Reeves.
• Clifford the Big Red Dog
• Colonel Grogg
• Commander K-9, sidekick/subordinate of Marvin the Martian
• Copper, the hound of The Fox and the Hound
• Constable Bulldog, a very gruff, no-nonsense police officer from Henry's Cat.
• Corneil, talking dog from Corneil and Bernie.
• Courage the Cowardly Dog
• Cubitus, the fat round white dog, from the eponymous Belgian comic by Dupa (in the English version of the cartoon series, Cubitus is known as Wowser)
• Daisy, the Dagwood Bumstead family dog in Blondie
• Den, Winry Rockbell's dog in the manga and anime FullMetal Alchemist
• Deputy Dawg
• Dijon the Thief
• Dinah the Dachshund
• Dino in The Flintstones, a metaphorical dog (biologically a dinosaur, but imbued with the characteristics of a pet canine)
• Dinsdale, the dog from Rubbish, King of the Jumble.
• Dog, the protagonist of the New Zealand Footrot Flats comic strip.
• Dog, Hard Haid Moe's dog
• characters in the puppet/animation series Dog City
• Dogbert, the assertive dog owned by the unassertive Dilbert
• Dogg, whose exposure to the fictional mutagen "quantum juice" gave him human-level intelligence and speech (from Milestone Comics' Blood Syndicate)
• Dogmatix, faithful companion to Obelix in the English translations of the Asterix comic books
• Dogtanian, the three Muskehounds and the majority of the other characters in the series
• Doggy, the West Highland White Terrier owned by the Laotian Souphanousinphones family in King of the Hill
• Doidle, spoiled dog of Vicky in The Fairly OddParents.
• Dollar, the Rich family dog from Richie Rich who's a "Dollarmatian" (like a Dalmatian, but with dollar signs instead of spots).
• Dr. Doppler, humanoid canine in Disney's Treasure Planet
• Dougal, a hairy philosophical dog in stop-motion animated show The Magic Roundabout (called "Pollux" in the French original)
• Droopy Dog, from cartoons created by Tex Avery for MGM
• Dynomutt, Dog Wonder
• Edward (Edo), Princess Snow's faithful retainer in the manga and anime MÄR
• Ein the corgi in the anime series Cowboy Bebop
• Einstein, Doc Brown's dog in Back to the Future
• Elektra, the dog of Cathy
• Elizabeth, the dog from Bob and Margaret
• The Family Dog
• Far Side dogs, the many dogs in Gary Larson's The Far Side cartoons
• Fat Dog Mendoza
• Fifi the Peke, Pluto's girlfriend
• Fifi, Lynda Barry's Poodle with a Mohawk - "You'll never call him Fifi again!"
• Fifi, the Finsters' family pet in Rugrats
• Filya, on the TV screens since 1970s in the Russian (formerly Soviet) Good night, the little ones! (Russian: Спокойной ночи, малыши!)
• Florence Ambrose, a genetically-engineered "Bowman's Wolf" in the comic strip Freefall
• Foo-Foo
• The dog that was transformed into a foot stool while retaining its canine behavior in Beauty and the Beast
• Friendar, the robotic dog from the anime series Casshan
• Fu Dog, the Shar Pei in Disney's animated television series American Dragon: Jake Long
• General Snozzie
• Gnasher and his son Gnipper, from the British comic strips Dennis the Menace and Gnasher and Gnipper
• Goofy, Disney character, a dog with human characteristics
• Goopy Geer, Merrie Melodies character
• Goddard, in Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
• Grimm, of the comic strip Mother Goose and Grimm
• Gromit, of Wallace and Gromit from Nick Park's Aardman Animations claymation films
• Haku, Sasuke Sarutobi's dog in the manga Samuraï Deeper Kyo
• Mrs. Half-Nelson
• Babyface Half-Nelson
• Harry, from Stanley (TV series)
• Hotdog, Jughead's dog in the Archie comics
• Hector the Bulldog from various Sylvester and Tweety cartoons
• Hong Kong Phooey, star of the Hanna-Barbera cartoon of the same name
• Huckleberry Hound, a Hanna-Barbera cartoon character
• Hush Puppy, one of Shari Lewis's puppets
• Idéfix, faithful companion to Obelix in the original French Asterix comic books
• Jasper, Brian Griffin's effeminate gay cousin, Family Guy
• Jock, the Scottish Terrier from Lady and the Tramp
• Jon, Genzō Wakabayashi's dog in the manga Captain Tsubasa
• Kevin J. Dog, down-trodden cameraman in Newshounds.
• Kipper, of the children's books and animated series "Kipper the Dog"
• Koji, Izumi Takuto's dog in the manga Zetsuai 1989
• Krypto, The superpowered pet dog of Superman, in DC comics.
• Laddie, a dog which was once owned by Bart Simpson in an episode of The Simpsons
• Lady, the Cocker Spaniel from Lady and the Tramp
• Ladybird, the Hills' pet bloodhound, in King of the Hill
• Lafayette, the Basset Hound from Aristocats
• Leader Dog
• Little Brother, Mulan's dog in Disney's Mulan
• Loyal Heart Dog - a Care Bears cousin
• Marc Antony, Looney Tunes character
• Marmaduke, a Great Dane with an eponymous daily comic strip
• Max, the Sheep Dog from The Little Mermaid
• Max, the Grinch's companion in Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas!
• Max Goof, son of Goofy
• Menchi, the pet and "emergency ration" of Excel in Excel Saga (see also Taboo meat)
• Mighty Manfred the Wonder Dog, Tom Terrific's companion on Captain Kangaroo
• Monroe, from The Life and Times of Juniper Lee
• Mozart, Madoka Otowa's guide dog in the manga and anime GetBackers
• Muttley, Dick Dastardly's sidekick in Wacky Races, Dastardly and Muttley in their Flying Machines and Yogi's Treasure Hunt
• Mr. Peabody, from The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show
• Ms. Lion from Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends
• Mulch, the Sage's dog from Groo the Wanderer
• Mumbly
• Napoleon, the Bloodhound from Aristocats
• Odie in Garfield
• Officer Gertalin
• characters in Disney's Oliver and Company
• characters in One Hundred and One Dalmatians
• Pal, Arthur's dog from Arthur (TV series)
• Patch, from Connie the Cow
• Peg, from Lady and the Tramp
• Penny Dog, a friend of Minnie Mouse
• Percy in Disney's Pocahontas
• Pero, the dog (who is eventually turned into a cyborg) of Higeoyaji in the manga Astro Boy
• Pluto, Disney character, a dog with dog characteristics
• Pochacco, friend of Hello Kitty
• Ponta in Guru Guru Pon-chan
• Pooch, a minor character in Sinfest
• Poochie, the dog added to The Itchy & Scratchy Show (making it The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show) and voiced by Homer Simpson on The Simpsons
• Poochini, from Poochini
• Poodle Princess from Roobarb and Custard Too
• Pooka in 20th Century Fox's Anastasia
• Preston, the evil canine robot in Aardman Animation's Wallace and Gromit.
• Princess, the largely irrelevant title character in the extremely offensive Princess flash animation
• Pup Parade
• Puff, the Poodle from Proud Family
• Radar, the Hound Supreme (a pastiche of Krypto, from Alan Moore's revisionism of Supreme)
• Rantanplan, of the Lucky Luke comics
• Reddy, Ruff and Reddy
• Ren Höek, the asthma-hound Chihuahua in Ren and Stimpy
• Renata Fayre, over-ambitous co-anchor in Newshounds.
• Rex, Wendy, Bob & Vince from Rex the Runt
• The Road Rovers, a cartoon about a team of five super-powered crime fighting anthropomorphic dogs.
• Robowan, friend of Hello Kitty
• Rochelle O'Shea, danger-addicted field reporter in Newshounds.
• Rocky, main character in Swedish comic Rocky
• Roger, from Bobby's World
• Roobarb, title character of a British cartoon series
• characters in Rude Dog and the Dweebs
• Rosebud, the basselope (Basset hound/Antelope mix) in Berkeley Breathed's comic strip Bloom County
• Rover Dangerfield
• Rowlf, the piano-playing Muppet dog from The Jimmy Dean Show and The Muppet Show
• Rufferto, Groo The Wanderer's dog
• Runt, from the Rita and Runt segments of the Animaniacs animated series
• Sam, the anthropomorphic dog detective from the comic book Sam & Max
• Sam Sheepdog, adversary of Ralph Wolf from Sam Sheepdog and Ralph Wolf (Looney Tunes)
• Sam Shepherd, right-wing sports reporter in Newshounds.
• Samson, from the Belgian Samson and Gert television series
• Sandy, Little Orphan Annie's dog (known for saying "Arf")
• Santa's Little Helper, from The Simpsons
• Satchel Pooch in Get Fuzzy
• Scamp, Disney character, a puppy born to the dogs Lady and the Tramp
• Scooby-Doo, a Great Dane with cropped ears.
• Scooby-Dum, a Great Dane with cropped ears.
• Scrappy-Doo, Scooby-Doo's nephew.
• Seymour, Philip J. Fry's dog in 1999, as seen in the Futurama episode Jurassic Bark
• Shigure Sohma, a recurring character in the anime and manga series Fruits Basket. He is one of twelve cursed in his family, and becomes a dog whenever he is hugged by a member of the opposite sex.
• Slinky in Disney's Toy Story
• Snert, Hagar's dog in Dik Browne's comic strip Hagar the Horrible
• Snoopy in Peanuts
• Snowy (Milou) in The Adventures of Tintin
• Sophie, the chocolate lab in Brian Anderson's comic strip Dog Eat Doug
• Space Canine Patrol Agents, from DC Comics
• Sparky, the gay dog from South Park
• Spike in Peanuts
• Spike or Butch, bulldog from the Tom and Jerry cartoons
• Spike the Bulldog and Chester the Terrier from Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies
• Spike, the family dog in Rugrats
• Spot the dog, UK cartoon character
• Spotty Dog a Dalmatian string puppet in The Woodentops on BBC
• Sprocket, Doc's dog on Fraggle Rock
• Spunky, Rocko's dog in Rocko's Modern Life
• Tadakichi, Chiyo Mihama's Great Pyrenees in the manga and anime Azumanga Daioh
• Tatty Oldbitt the Sailors' Friend, in The Perishers
• James Thurber's many cartoon dogs in "The Pet Dept." advice column, "The Bloodhound and the Bug," et al.
• Detective Thursday, from the Tale Spin animated series
• characters in Disney's Toy Story and Toy Story 2
• Toby, Punch's dog, sometimes appears in Punch and Judy shows.
• Tramp, from Lady and the Tramp
• Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog on Late Night with Conan O'Brien
• Trusty, the Bloodhound from Lady and the Tramp
• 2 Stupid Dogs
• General Tumult, from the Tale Spin animated series
• Underdog, superhero from the cartoon series by the same name, and his main squeeze, Sweet Polly Purebred.
• Wannyan, (Bow-Meow in English version) a half-dog half-cat alien from the anime series Da! Da! Da! a.k.a. UFO Baby
• Warden Waddlesworth, from the Darkwing Duck cartoon
• Wile E. Coyote (a coyote) in the Road Runner cartoon
• Wilewolf, a tramp wolf from anime Maple Town Stories
• William, the dog from Bob and Margaret
• A wolfpack forms an alliance with a tribe of elves in Elfquest
• Wolfram Blitzen, the vain co-anchor in Newshounds.
• Zero, a ghost dog with a jack o' lantern nose from the stop motion movie The Nightmare Before Christmas

Dogs in song

Only songs with dog characters are included in this section. Not metaphorical dogs or songs with "dog" in the title.

• "Atomic Dog" by George Clinton
• "Big Dog" by Rolf Harris
• Bingo, from the spelling song of the same name. It's worth noting that the lyrics do not make it clear whether Bingo is the name of the dog or the farmer. See: Bingo (song).
• "Bow Wow Wow Wow (Wild dog on the prowl)" sung by Mitch Ryder with Was (Not Was)
• "Dog Eat Dog", songs by AC/DC and Adam and the Ants
• Hank the Cowdog sings (see "Dogs in Literature" above)
• "How Much is That Doggie in the Window?", popular song by Bob Merrill, 1953, recorded by Patti Page
• "I Love My Dog", by Cat Stevens
• Jake in "Feed Jake" by the Pirates of the Mississippi
• "Knuckles, the Dog Who Helps People" by Killdozer
• "Little Gomez", the Chihuahua in the song of the same name by Eric Bogle
• "Me and You and a Dog Named Boo" by Peter Shelley, Lobo
• "My Dog was Lost but Now He's Found," is a song by The Fiery Furnaces about an unnamed dog that eventually finds religion, and is thus no longer "lost."
• "Old Dog Tray" by Stephen Foster
• "Old Shep" as sung by Elvis Presley and many other country performers
• "Old Tige"
• "One Man and His Dog", English folk song
• Peter and the Wolf by Sergei Prokofiev
• Seamus in song by same name (from Meddle) by Pink Floyd
• "Shannon" by Henry Gross
• "Sick as a Dog" by Aerosmith
• The dog who "up and died" in "Mr. Bojangles"
• "The Ballad of Mutt" by Bruce Dickinson
• Where, O Where Has My Little Dog Gone?, with his ears cut short and his tail cut long
• A dog that won't get off the furniture in "Get Down" by Gilbert O'Sullivan
• Martha in "Martha My Dear" by the Beatles (Paul McCartney's sheepdog)

Dogs in video games

• The nameless dog from Duck Hunt
• The nameless dog from the Harvest Moon
• The nameless dog in Secret of Evermore
• Nearly the whole cast of A Dog's Life
• Chomp Chomp from Pacman
• Angelo, Rinoa's dog in Final Fantasy VIII
• Bill Grey from Star Fox 64/Lylat Wars
• Dingodile, the dingo/crocodile hybrid in the Crash Bandicoot series
• Dog, the giant, sentient dog-like helper robot in Half-Life 2
• Dogmeat from Fallout
• Dribble from WarioWare, Inc.
• General Pepper from the Star Fox series
• Interceptor, Shadow's dog in Final Fantasy VI
• K.K. Slider from the Animal Crossing series
• Lupus from Jet Force Gemini
• Muku, Megumi Mikihara's Yorkshire Terrier in Tokimeki Memorial : Forever with you
• Ness's dog in Earthbound
• Nintendogs
• Noishe, the dog-like monster from Tales of Symphonia
• Parappa the Rapper and his rival, Joe Chin
• Peter Puppy, the alien dog in Earthworm Jim, and Earthworm Jim 2
• Miscellaneous Pokémon characters, including Growlithe, Arcanine, Houndour, Houndoom, and others.
• Poochy, from Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island and Yoshi's Story
• Poppy, Galford D. Weller's dog in Samurai Shodown
• Portia the dalmatian in Animal Crossing
• Rush, the robotic dog from the Megaman Series
• Shadow the wolfdog in Dead to Rights
• Tiger and Baku, dog-like monsters from Monster Rancher
• Various characters from Digimon, including Dogmon, Garurumon, Gaomon and others.

See also