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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

People

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

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

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Dog
• All pages with titles containing Dog
• Dawg (disambiguation), includes Dawgs
• Dogg (disambiguation)
• Dogge (disambiguation)
• Dogz, a game in the Petz series of games
• The Dog (disambiguation), includes The Dogs
• Doggy style (disambiguation)
• Dogging (disambiguation)