Kanine (Harry Potter)

Dog (subspecies name Canis lupus familiaris), also known as hound, is a subspecies of the grey wolf (Canis lupus), a member of the Canidae family of the mammilian order Carnivora. The term "domestic dog" is generally used for both domesticated and feral varieties.
==Description==
Dogs were used in both the wizarding and the Muggle world as pets or guardians. While most normal dogs were generally considered harmless, save those that had been trained or bred for aggressive behaviour, some dogs like the three-headed dog Fluffy were highly dangerous.
==Dogs in the wizarding world==
In the wizarding world, dogs were kept as pets or might sometimes serve as guardians of certain objects. For example, during the 1991–1992 school year at Hogwarts, the three-headed dog Fluffy guarded the Philosopher's Stone. Once the stone had been destroyed, Fluffy was set free in the Forbidden Forest,Interview transcript (partial), Blue Peter (cBBC), 12 March, 2001 but was later repatriated by Albus Dumbledore to Greece..@EmyBemy2 He was repatriated to Greece. Dumbledore liked to put Hagrid's more foolish acquisitions back where they belong - not the forest. from Twitter Rubeus Hagrid, Hogwarts gamekeeper also had a boarhound named Fang. The name didn't suit him well as even Hagrid called him a "bloody coward". - Chapter 25 (The Forbidden Forest)Dogs in the wizarding world also seem to have had much longer lifespans than dogs in the Muggle world. An example of this is Fang, who was born in the mid-1980s and was still alive by 2010, - Hagrid's 2010 Christmas card an impressive age for a dog, especially considering that larger dogs like boarhounds are known to have shorter lifespans than smaller breeds.In Beedle the Bard's fairy tale Babbitty Rabbitty and her Cackling Stump, the Brigade of Witch-Hunters was given a pack of wild hounds. There were also magical subtypes of dogs, such as three-headed dogs. According to W.O.M.B.A.T., a dog acting suspiciously might be magically-trained. Also, Ron Weasley's Patronus took the form of a Jack Russell Terrier, a breed of hunting dog common in Great Britain and Ireland.
==List of known dogs==
*Fluffy
*Fang
*Lucius Malfoy's dogs
==Known dog Patronuses==
*Ron Weasley - Ron learned to cast a corporeal Patronus while practising with other Dumbledore's Army members. Exact breed of his Patronus was Jack Russell Terrier.
==Known dog Animagi==
*Sirius Black - Sirius learned it along with Peter Pettigrew (rat) and James Potter (stag), in order to companion his friend Remus Lupin, when taking Werewolf form. Sirius once considered James's joking suggestion of remaining full-time as a dog, but felt that the fleas "would be murder."
==Behind the scenes==
*When asked what pet he would like to have in the wizarding world, Warwick Davis said he would like to have a magical dog.What magical pets would the Harry Potter cast have in the wizarding world? from (via the Internet Archive)
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==Notes and references==
Category:Entire Animagus Forms
Dogs
Category:Known Patronus Forms