# 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 canid, as opposed to a bitch
* 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

## People
### 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

* Diogenes of Sinope (c. 413/403–c. 324/321 BC), ancient Greek philosopher
* Michael Artiaga (born 2007), American Tetris player
* Clive Barker (soccer) (1944–2023), South African football coach
* Duane Chapman (born 1953) better known as Dog the Bounty Hunter, American television personality, bounty hunter, and former bail bondsman
* Alexandr Dolgopolov (born 1988), Ukrainian tennis player
* Al Jourgensen (born 1958), Cuban-American musician
* James H. Kelley (1834–1912), English-born mayor of Dodge City, Kansas

## 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
* Underdogs, also called "dogs" in sports betting

## Other uses

* Dog, a non-standard hand in the card game poker
* Dog, in some British spelling alphabets, the letter "D"
* Dog in business, a stock-keeping unit in a growth-share matrix with low market share and poor prospects
* 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