List of fictional dogs

Literature

Prose and poetry

• Argos, King Odysseus's faithful dog in Homer's Odyssey. After Odysseus returned home to Ithaca disguised as a beggar 20 years later, it was only Argos who managed to recognize him.
• Baleia, the dog companion that follows a poor family throughout the hardships of the 1915 drought in Brazil in Vidas secas, by Graciliano Ramos
• Biruta, the dog in the homonymous short story by Lygia Fagundes Telles
• Bruno Lichtenstein, the dog in the homonymous short story by Rubem Braga
• Buck, in Jack London's The Call of the Wild
• Bull's-eye, Bill Sikes' dog in Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
• Jip, resident in the household of Hugh Lofting's Dr. Dolittle
• Jip, Dora Spenlow's spaniel in Charles Dickens' David Copperfield
• Mr. Bones, the companion dog in Timbuktu, by Paul Auster
• Petitcrieu in Arthurian legend
• Pingo de Ouro, Miguilim's companion in the novella Campo Geral, by João Guimarães Rosa
• Quincas Borba, the dog whose name is the same as his human's in Machado de Assis' Quincas Borba
• Randolph, a Labrador retriever and the narrator of A Dog About Town, by JF Englert
• Red, in Jim Kjelgaard's Big Red
• Ripper, Marjorie Dursley's pet dog in J.K Rowling's Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
• Sharik, the astray dog who undergoes a transformation surgery in Heart of a Dog, by Mikhail Bulgakov
• Tentação, the dog in the homonymous short story by Clarice Lispector
• Toto, Dorothy's dog in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum

Song

• Apollo, from various Coheed & Cambria songs, whose name appears in the titles of their third and fourth albums
• Arrow, from Harry Nilsson's single "Me and My Arrow", also featured in The Point!
• "Atomic Dog" by George Clinton
• "Bingo", from the spelling song of the same name.
• "Black Shuck", song by the Darkness about the spectral black dog, Black Shuck
• Blue, from the song of the same name by Peter, Paul and Mary
• Boo, from "Me and You and a Dog Named Boo", 1971 song by Lobo
• "Bow Wow Wow Wow " sung by Mitch Ryder with Was (Not Was)
• Carlos, "A little chihuahua... that had some kind of skin disease and was totally blind" in the song "Frank's Wild Years" by Tom Waits.
• Catalessi, "Torna Catalessi" by Caparezza
• "Death of a Martian", Red Hot Chili Peppers song about the death of Flea's dog Martian, from the 2006 album Stadium Arcadium.
• "Evelyn, A Modified Dog", from the eponymous song on Frank Zappa's "One Size Fits All".
• "Feed Jake", a song about a dog named Jake by Pirates of the Mississippi
• Fido, a talking dog from the Frank Zappa song "Stinkfoot" from his album Over-Nite Sensation.
• Frank, in "Classified" by C. W. McCall
• Frunobulax, a large poodle, appears on the Frank Zappa and the Mothers album Roxy and Elsewhere.
• "Gonna Buy Me a Dog", by the Monkees
• "(How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window?", a popular song by Bob Merrill, 1953, recorded by Patti Page
• "I Love My Dog", by Cat Stevens
• Jack, Crazy Chester's dog in "The Weight" by the Band
• Little Klinker, the pup who woke Santa up in "Little Klinker" by Tennessee Ernie Ford.
• "Martha My Dear" by the Beatles
• "Molly Cabernet" by Kyle Stibbs
• "Old King" by Neil Young
• "Ol' Red", prison dog from the song of the same name, recorded by George Jones, Kenny Rogers and Blake Shelton
• "Old Shep" by Red Foley as also sung by Elvis Presley and many other country performers
• "Old Tige", by Jim Reeves
• Quiche Lorraine, a two-inch tall green poodle, from a song of the same name by the B-52's from the album Wild Planet
• Sam, Dood's dog in "the Ballad of Dood and Juanita" by Sturgill Simpson
• "Seamus", in song by the same name by Pink Floyd
• "Where, O Where Has My Little Dog Gone?" by Septimus Winner
• "Shannon", from the Henry Gross song of that name, inspired by Gross's and Carl Wilson's Irish Setters, both named Shannon
• Sinatra,a dog named after the singer for its blue eyes in the 2002 song "Sinatra" by Canadian folk singer James Keelaghan
• Strider, Merle dog in "Over the Hills and Far Away" by Led Zeppelin
• The dog who "up and died" in "Mr. Bojangles", written by Jerry Jeff Walker
• A dog that won't get off the furniture in "Get Down" by Gilbert O'Sullivan
• "The Puppy Song" by Harry Nilsson
• "The Nudist & Mr. Pendleton" by the fictional band The Lavender Fudge Experience
• Queenie, a dog who was shot and killed in "Queenie's Song" by Guy Clark, 2002
• "My Only Man of the Hour" by Norah Jones

Sporting and advertising mascots

• Axelrod, in advertisements for Flying A Service Stations
• Big Mo for Alpo dog food
• Boo, The Citadel, named after Lt. Col. Thomas Nugent Courvoisie, known by most as "The Boo". In 2013 they introduced Boo X
• Brutus, mascot for the Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs
• Bullseye, bull terrier mascot of Target Corporation
• Colin Curly, bulldog mascot for Quavers, voiced by Lenny Henry
• Cobi, Catalan sheepdog as the mascot for the 1992 Summer Olympics
• Dinky, chihuahua for Taco Bell fast food restaurant
• Dubs, mascot of the Washington Huskies
• Duke, in advertisements for Bush Baked Beans
• General The Citadel introduced 2003, in 2013 introduced General II aka G2
• Farfel the Dog, in advertisements for Nestle Quick chocolate
• Handsome Dan, mascot of the Yale Bulldogs
• Jack the Bulldog, mascot of the Georgetown Hoyas
• Jason, in advertisements for Hush Puppies
• Johnathan, mascot of the UConn Huskies
• Lady Greyhound, mascot of the Greyhound Lines Bus Company
• McGruff the Crime Dog, for the National Crime Prevention Council
• Moondog, mascot of the NBA, Cleveland Cavaliers
• Nipper, in advertisements for RCA
• Reveille, mascot of Texas A&M University
• Rhett, mascot of the Boston University Terriers
• Rocket, cartoon canine in Life is Good Company advertisements
• Striker, mascot of the 1994 FIFA World Cup
• Smokey, mascot of the Tennessee Volunteers
• Sparky, fire dog icon for National Fire Protection Association
• Spuds MacKenzie, Budweiser beer mascot
• Uga, mascot of Georgia Bulldogs
• Walkie Talkie, the dog of Bazooka Joe
• Woofer Dog Whitten, the mascot of the Western Bulldogs

Other fictional dogs

• Boggins in the radio show Adam and Joe on BBC 6 Music, 2009, voiced by Adam Buxton.
• Fairfield Industrial Dog Object, FIDO, very large moving dog sculpture in Australia
• "Froofie the Dog", a fictional cartoon dog from a Bill Cosby monologue of the same name from Inside the Mind of Bill Cosby
• Power Pup, superhero dog from the Microsoft Office Assistant
• FidoNet logo
• Dog on the Tuckerbox, an allegorical dog depicted at a historical monument in New South Wales, Australia
• Jasper T. Jowls, a bloodhound and one of the characters from the pizza chain Chuck E. Cheese's
• Lapák the dachshund in Leoš Janáček's opera The Cunning Little Vixen
• Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy, the protagonist in an eponymous storybook.

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