Dog (disambiguation)

The dog is a domesticated canid species, Canis familiaris.

Dog(s), doggy, or doggie may also refer to:

Animals

 * Species in the family Canidae called "dogs" as a part of their common name:
 * African wild dog, Lycaon pictus, of Africa
 * Bush dog, Speothos venaticus, of South America
 * Indian wild dog, also known as the Dhole, Cuon alpinus, of Asia
 * Raccoon dog, Nyctereutes procyonoides, of Asia
 * Short-eared dog, Atelocynus microtis, of South America
 * Dog, a male canine, fox, or wolf as opposed to a bitch, or female dog
 * Non-canid, animals, e.g.:
 * Prairie dogs, Cynomys, a genus of North American social ground squirrels

Places

 * Dog Crossing, Georgia, an unincorporated community, United States
 * Dog Hollow (Illinois), a valley in Illinois, United States
 * Dog Island (Florida), a barrier island in the Gulf of Mexico, United States
 * Dog Islands, an island group in the British Virgin Islands
 * Dog River (disambiguation)
 * Isle of Dogs, a peninsula in East London, United Kingdom
 * The Dogs, Wincanton, house in Wincanton, Somerset, England
 * Dog Dome

Name

 * He Dog (1830–1930), an Oglala Sioux leader
 * Mary Crow Dog (1954-2013), a Dakota Sioux author and activist also known as Mary Brave Bird

Nickname

 * Al Jourgensen, Cuban-American musician
 * Alexandr Dolgopolov, Ukrainian tennis player
 * Clive Barker (soccer), South African football coach
 * Diogenes of Sinope, Ancient Greek philosopher
 * Doggie (artist), Danish artist
 * Duane Chapman, American television personality
 * Michael Artiaga, American Tetris player

Science and astronomy

 * Dog (zodiac), the Chinese zodiac sign
 * Hurricane Dog (disambiguation), three tropical cyclones in 1950, 1951 and 1952
 * Sirius, the Dog Star, brightest star in Canis Major, the big dog constellation
 * Sun dog, an atmospheric phenomenon that consists of a bright spot to the left and right of the Sun

Tools and engineering

 * Bench dog, a removable clamp inserted into a workbench to hold an item fast
 * Dog, a form of pawl used to secure a chain, as on an anchor windlass
 * Dog clutch, a clutch that couples two rotating shafts or components by interference or clearance fit
 * Dog (engineering), a tool or part of a tool, such as a pawl, that prevents or imparts movement through physical engagement
 * "Dog irons" or "fire dogs", a form of andiron for holding wood in a fireplace, or skewers in place for cooking over a fire
 * Feed dogs, movable plates which pull fabric through a sewing machine in discrete steps between stitches
 * Lathe dog, a dog which clamps on a work piece to allow it to be revolved by a lathe face-plate

Food and beverages

 * Dog, the nickname for Newcastle Brown Ale, an English brand of dark brown beer
 * Corn dog (also spelled corndog), a sausage or hot dog on a stick that has been coated in a thick layer of cornmeal batter and deep fried
 * Hot dog, a cooked sausage served in a bun

Arts and entertainment

 * The Dog (franchise), a franchise created by Artlist in Japan in 2000
 * The Dog (Goya), a painting by Francisco Goya
 * Dulwich Outdoor Gallery (DOG)

Books

 * Dogs (manga), by Shirow Miwa, subtitled "Bullets & Carnage"
 * The Dogs, novel by Ivan Nazhivin 1931

Film

 * Dogs (1976 film), a natural horror film
 * The Dogs (1979 film), a French film
 * The Dog (1992 film), a short experimental film
 * Dog (2001 film), an animated short film by Suzie Templeton
 * The Dog (2013 film), a documentary about the real story behind Dog Day Afternoon
 * Dogs (2016 film), a Romanian film
 * Dog (2022 film), an American film starring Channing Tatum

Television

 * Dog, a television ident for BBC Two, first aired in 1993 (see BBC Two '1991–2001' idents)
 * "The Dog" (Seinfeld), an episode of the television series Seinfeld
 * Dogs (TV series), a 2018 Netflix documentary series
 * "Dogs", a Series D episode of the television series QI (2006)

Characters

 * Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy, television cartoon characters
 * The main character in the comic strip Footrot Flats
 * A minor character in the television show Red Dwarf
 * Dog (Half-Life 2), from the video game Half-Life 2
 * Dog, in the Nickelodeon TV series CatDog
 * Dog, in the 1998 film Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
 * Dog, Daryl Dixon's pet dog introduced in The Walking Dead season 9, episode 7: "Stradivarius"
 * Dog, from the Emmy Award-winning children's animation show WordWorld

Music

 * Dog, a fad dance

Groups

 * Dogs (British band), a British punk music band
 * Dogs (French band), a French rock music band
 * The Dogs (US punk band), a Michigan proto-punk band
 * The Dogs (US hip-hop band), an American hiphop band
 * The Dogs, the Finnish band Ile Kallio
 * The nickname of rapper DMX

Albums

 * Dog (album), a 2010 album by Sow
 * Dogs (Beware of Safety album), 2009
 * Dogs (Nina Nastasia album), 2000
 * Dogs, a 2011 album by The Parlor Mob

Songs

 * "Dogs" (Damien Rice song), 2007
 * "Dogs" (Pink Floyd song), 1977
 * "Dogs" (The Who song), 1968
 * "Dogs", a song by British heavy metal band Motörhead from Rock 'n' Roll (1987)
 * "Dogs", a song by Sun Kil Moon from Benji (2014)
 * "Dog", a song by Sly and the Family Stone from their 1967 debut A Whole New Thing
 * "The Dog", song by Rufus Thomas
 * "Dog", a song by C418 from Minecraft – Volume Alpha

Sports

 * Greyhound racing
 * "The Dogs" or "The Doggies", nickname for Bulldogs Rugby League Football Club, an Australian football club

Other uses

 * Dog, a non-standard hand in the card game poker
 * Dog, in some British spelling alphabets, the letter "D"
 * Dog, in the strategic planning matrix, an enterprise that in a low-growth, low-profit sector
 * Dog soldiers, or Dog Men (Cheyenne: Hotamétaneo'o), one of six Cheyenne military societies
 * Dog Latin, English made to resemble Latin

Acronyms

 * Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft, or DOG, the German Oriental Society
 * Difference of Gaussians, or DOG, in mathematics
 * Digital on-screen graphic, or DOG
 * Deployable Operations Group, or DOG, U.S. Coast Guard command