LEGENDARY, MYTHICAL AND FAIRYTALE DOGS
ARGOS, Odysseus's dog (Greek Mythology)
ANUBIS, Ancient Egyptian god with a dog's (or a jackal's) head
BARGHEST, English goblin-dog
BLACK SHUCK, British hound of hell
BRAN, Fionn mac Cumhail's hound (Irish Mythology)
CABAL, King Arthur's dog
CANIS MAJOR, (Latin for "Big Dog") Orion's hunting dog
CANIS MINOR, (Latin for "Little Dog") Orion's hunting dog
CANES VENATICI, (Latin for "hunting dogs" constellation of the hunting dogs
CERBERUS (demon of the pit), the hound of Hades in Greek mythology (also his brother, Orthrus)
DIP, in Catalan myth
FENRIS, a monstrous wolf, offspring of Loki and Angrboda in Norse mythology
FU DOG, Chinese guardians
GABRIEL HOUNDS (Cwn Annwn), ghost hounds of the land of the dead
GARM, a four-eyed dog that guarded Helheim in Norse mythology
HECUBA, in Greek mythology, the Queen of Troy, turned into a fierce dog
LAELAPS, in Greek mythology
LAIKA, The first dog in space. Laika was aboard the Soviet satellite Sputnik 2 in 1957.
LE DIABLE, A notorious French dog that smuggled lace and other items across the French border
MAREA, in Greek mythology
QIQIRN, in Inuit mythology
SAUR, or SUENING, A dog that was "king" of Norway for three years during the 11th century AD.
SIRIUS, in Greek mythology, and star in Canis Major
SOTER, One of 50 watchdogs of ancient Greece that alone survived attack by invaders
XOLOTL, in Aztec mythology
DOGS IN LITERATURE
BANGA, Pontius Pilatus' dog in The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
BIG RED, Irish Red and other Irish Setters, protagonists of novels by Jim Kjelgaard
BOOTS, narrator of Thy Servant a Dog by Rudyard Kipling
BOYD, forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan's dog in Kathy Reich's novels
BUCK, the main character in Jack London's Call of the Wild
BULLSEYE, Bill Sikes' dog in Oliver Twist
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
DUCHESS, the dog in Beatrix Potter's The Pie and the Patty Pan
DUKE, Penrod Schofield's Terrier mix in Booth Tarkington's Penrod: His Complete Story
FANG, Hagrid's dog, a boarhound (possibly a Great Dane) in the Harry Potter books
FLUFFY, the three-headed dog (similar to Cerberus) in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
HANK, the Cowdog, the crime fighting 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
HOWARD, the dog in Bunnicula and sequels by James Howe
HUAN, The great wolfhound of Valinor, in J. R. R. Tolkien's novel The Silmarillion
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
JOCK, from Jock of the Bushveld, a South African classic first published in 1907
JOHN JOINER, the terrier in Beatrix Potter's The Roly-Poly Pudding
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
LITTLE ANN, from Where the Red Fern Grows
MONTMORENCY, the narrator's unruly Fox Terrier in Three Men in a Boat
NANA, the Newfoundland dog in Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie
NERO, the St. Bernard 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
OLD DAN, from Where the Red Fern Grows
PATRASCHE, the dog in A Dog of Flanders by Ouida
ORSON, the black Labrador retriever in Dean Koontz's novels Seize the Night and Fear Nothing
PICKLES, the terrier who kept shop with Ginger the cat in Beatrix Potter's Ginger and Pickles
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 by Beverly Cleary
ROWF, a main character in Richard Adams' The Plague Dogs
SCUPPER, from Margaret Wise Brown's children's book, The Sailor Dog
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
SNITTER, a main character in Richard Adams' The Plague Dogs
SPOT, the Dog, cartoon dog in the UK
TIGER, the dog of Arthur Gordon Pym in A Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym by Edgar Allan Poe
TOP, the dog of Cyrus Smith in Jules Verne's Mysterious Island
TOTO, in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
TIMMY, 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 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
WINN-DIXIE, from the book Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo and the 2005 film
YELLOW DOG DINGO, dog in Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories
DOGS IN FILM
APOLLO, TV show Magnum, P.I. 1864-1946
ASTA, in the various The Thin Man films
BABE, (movie) featured Border Collies
BEETHOVEN, the St. Bernard hero of the movie series Beethoven
BENJI, had several movies
BLOOD, the talking dog in A Boy and his Dog
COPERNICUS, in the Back to the Future trilogy
DEVIL DOG, The Hound of Hell, from the film of the same title
EINSTEIN, in the Back to the Future trilogy
FRANK, the alien dog in Men in Black
HARVEY, Elliot's dog in E.T.
HOOCH, the Dogue de Bordeaux co-star of Turner and Hooch
HUBBLE, a Border Terrier, main character in Good Boy!
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, in Lassie Come Home (1943) 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
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
NANOOK, the Siberian husky in The Lost Boys
NEOS, Neapolitan Mastiff in Harry Potter series
OLD YELLER (1957), a children's film, originally a novel by Fred Gipson
OTIS, the Pug in The Adventures of Milo and Otis
PETE the Pup (or "Petey"), a Pit Bull with a ring around one eye, in the Our Gang
PRECIOUS, the white Toy poodle beloved of 'Buffalo Bill' in Silence of the Lambs
RIN TIN TIN, German shepherd who ranked as one of the all-time famous canine movie stars.
SAM, the dog in Dante's Peak who leaps out of a field of boiling-hot lava to safety
SPARKY, the Jack Russell terrier brought back to life by the archangel in Michael
TOTO, in The Wizard of Oz
VERDELL, the Brussels Griffon in As Good as it Gets
WINN-DIXIE, see Dogs in literature, above
DOGS IN TELEVISION
BRANDON, Golden Retriever on Punky Brewster
BUCK, from Married... with Children
BUDDY, Veronica Chase's Bulldog on Veronica's Closet
CHARLIE DOG, a Looney Tunes character
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
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
DOIDLE, spoiled dog of Vicky the Babysitter in The Fairly Oddparents
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
EDDIE, the Jack Russell Terrier from Frasier
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
FREEWAY, the Lowchen in Hart to Hart television series
HAPPY, from 7th Heaven
K-9, a canoid robot in Doctor Who
COMMANDER K-9, sidekick/subordinate of Marvin the Martian
K-9 COP
LASSIE, see Dogs in film, above
LONDON, the Wonder Dog in The Littlest Hobo, Canadian television series
MAXIMILLIAN, (Max-a-Million), the Bionic Dog from The Six Million Dollar Man
MIGNON, Lisa Douglas's Yorkshire terrier on Green Acres
MURRAY, the Buchmans' Collie-shepherd mix on Mad About You
NUNZIO, the Corgi on Dharma and Greg
PORTHOS, the Beagle owned by Captain Archer in Star Trek: Enterprise
QUEEGQUEG, Clyde Bruckman's Pomeranian left to Dana Scully on The X-Files
REX, from Kommissar Rex (aka Inspector Rex and Rex: A Cop's Best Friend)
STINKY, Dharma's Briard mix on Dharma and Greg
SUGAR, the dog of the kitty-killed archaeology grad student in The X-Files
TIGER, from The Brady Bunch
TRAMP, the Douglas family's sheepdog mix on My Three Sons
TRUFFLES, Mildred's terrier in the British sitcom George & Mildred
WISHBONE, the eponymous Jack Russell Terrier star of a children's educational series
YUKON KING, Sgt. Preston's Husky on Sgt. Preston of the Yukon
DOGS IN ADVERTISING
ALEX, advertisement mascot for Stroh's beer 1864-1946
BINGO, advertisement mascot for Cracker Jacks 1864-1946
DINKY, advertisement mascot for Taco Bell 1864-1946
DUKE, the Golden retriever entrusted with the secret family recipe for Bush's Baked Beans
LUCKY, fluffy terrier mascot for the More Than insurance company (UK)
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, MacKenzie advertising of Budweiser beer 1906-1945 - Bull Terrier
TIGE, advertising Buster Brown shoes 1904-1974 Rebel
UBU, Labrador Retriever, mascot of Ubu Productions which produced Family Ties
DOGS IN CARTOONS, COMIC STRIPS, ANIMATION, PUPPETS
ANDY, the faithful St. Bernard in the comic strip Mark Trail
ACE, The Bat-Hound, a Black and Straw GSD and a member of the Batman mythos of DC comics
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
BANDIT, Jonny Quest's terrier
BARFY, comic strip Family Circus 1864-1946
BEAUREGARD, the Bloodhound in Walt Kelly's Pogo
BELLE, the white mountain dog, co-star of Belle et Sébastien
BELVEDERE, comic strip Belvedere 1864-1946
B. H., CALCUTTA, the bloodhound with no sense of smell in British comic strip The Perishers
BILL, a cocker dog from the comic strip Boule et Bill
BLACK BOB, formerly from the British comic The Dandy
BLUE, in Blue's Clues
BOLIVAR, Donald Duck's dog
BOOT, companion of the boy Wellington in The Perishers
BRAIN, from Inspector Gadget
BRIAN GRIFFIN, cynical, substance-abusing, talking dog on Family Guy
BRUNO, apparently a bloodhound cross, in Disney's Cinderella
BUCKLES, comic strip Buckles 1895-1972
BUTCH, bulldog from the Tom and Jerry cartoons
CATDOG, eponymous star of the Nickelodeon TV show. See also List of fictional cats
CHACHA, a dog reincarnated into a toy car, from the anime I Love Bubu Chacha
CHARLIE DOG, "Looney Tunes" character created by Chuck Jones
CHESTER, the Terrier from Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies
CHURCHILL, a bulldog in the form of a talking "nodding dog" car accessory, UK television ads
CLIFFORD, the Big Red Dog
CORNEIL, talking dog from Corneil and Bernie.
COURAGE, the Cowardly Dog
CUBITUS, the fat round white dog, from the eponymous Belgian comic by Dupa
DAISY, the Dagwood Bumstead family dog in Blondie
DEPUTY DAWG
DINO, in The Flintstones, a metaphorical dog
DINSDALE, the dog from Rubbish, King of the Jumble
DOGBERT, the assertive dog owned by the unassertive Dilbert
DOGG, from Milestone Comics' Blood Syndicate
DOGGIE DADDY, by Hanna-Barbera
DOGMATIX, faithful companion to Obelix in the UK translation of the Asterix comic books
DOGTANIAN, the three Muskehounds and the majority of the other characters in the series
DR. DOPPLER, humanoid canine in Disney's Treasure Planet
DOUGAL, a hairy philosophical dog in stop-motion animated show The Magic Roundabout
DROOPALONG, Sheriff Ricochet Rabbit's sidekick
EDGAR, comic strip For Better or Worse 1911-1967
EIN, the Corgi in the anime series Cowboy Bebop
ELECTRA, comic strip Cathy 1902-1984
FARLEY, comic strip For Better or Worse 1911-1998
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 Good night, the little ones!
FLORENCE AMBROSE, a genetically-engineered "Bowman's Wolf" in the comic strip Freefall
FUZZ, comic strip Ziggy 1895-1990
GNASHER, from the British comic strips Dennis the Menace and Gnasher and Gnipper
GNIPPER, Gnasher's son, from the British comic strips Dennis the Menace
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...
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
JASPER, Brian Griffin's effeminate gay cousin, Family Guy
KEWPIE, comic strip Born Loser 1903-1965
KRYPTO, the superpowered pet dog of Superman, in DC comics
LADYBIRD, the Hills' pet bloodhound, in King of the Hill
LITTLE BROTHER, Mulan's dog in Disney's Mulan
MAGENTA in Blue's Clues
MARC ANTONY, Looney Tunes character
MARMADUKE, a Great Dane with an eponymous daily comic strip
MCGRUFF, cartoon crime fighter 1896-1944
MENCHI, a Chow Chow, pet and "emergency ration" of Excel in Excel Saga
MUTTLEY, Dick Dastardly's sidekick in Wacky Races, Dastardly and Muttley
MR. PEABODY, from The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show
ODIE, comic strip Garfield 1914-1999
OTTO, comic strip Beetle Bailey 1921-1991
PENNY DOG, a friend of Minnie Mouse
PERO, the cyborg dog of Higeoyaji in the manga Astro Boy
PLUTO, Disney character, a dog with dog characteristics
POCHACCO, friend of Hello Kitty
POOCH, a minor character in “Sinfest”
RADAR, the Hound Supreme (a pastiche of Krypto, from Alan Moore's revisionism of Supreme)
REDDY, of Hanna-Barbera's Ruff and Reddy
REN HÖEK, the asthma-hound Chihuahua in Ren and Stimpy
REX, from Rex the Runt
ROBOWAN, friend of Hello Kitty
ROCKY, main character in Swedish comic Rocky
ROOBARB, title character of a British cartoon series
ROSEBUD, the basselope (Basset hound/Antelope mix) in Berkeley Breathed's comic strip
RUFF, comic strip Dennis the Menace 1893-1949
RUFF, comic strip Hi and Lois 1920-1999
SAM, Sheepdog, adversary of Ralph Wolf from Sam Sheepdog and Ralph Wolf (Looney Tunes)
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
SLINKY, in Disney's Toy Story
SNERT, Hagar's dog in Dik Browne's comic strip Hagar the Horrible
SNOOPY, in Peanuts
SNOWY, in The Adventures of Tintin
SPARKY, the gay dog from South Park
SPIKE, in comic strip Peanuts 1896-1963
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
TATTY OLDBITT, the Sailors' Friend, in The Perishers
TRIUMPH, the Insult Comic Dog on Late Night with Conan O'Brien
UNDERDOG, superhero from the cartoon series by the same name
WANNYAN, (Bow-Meow in English version) from the anime series Da! Da! Da! aka. UFO Baby
WILE E. COYOTE (a coyote) in the Road Runner cartoon
WILEWOLF, a tramp wolf from anime Maple Town Stories