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Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry's Keeper of Keys and Grounds and Care of Magical Creatures professor, **Rubeus Hagrid**, was commonly known for owning dangerous **pets**. Whilst Hagrid had the skill and knowledge to handle these animals, he was kind and had a rather gullible temperament that often caused problems.

## Fang

Main article: Fang
 File:Fang.jpg  Like Hagrid himself, Fang the ***boarhound*** was not nearly as fierce as he looked. Fang had often been described as a "coward."
Fang accompanied Hermione Granger, Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, and Draco Malfoy into the Forbidden Forest, along with Hagrid, during a ***detention*** in their first year.
Fang also accompanied Harry Potter and Ron Weasley in their ***second year***, when they investigated Hagrid's words to "follow the spiders" to Aragog's lair.

## Fluffy

Main article: Fluffy
 File:Fluffy HPCB.png  A giant three-headed dog. Purchased from a "Greek chappie" in a pub, Hagrid lent Fluffy to Albus Dumbledore in 1991 to help protect the Philosopher's Stone. Hagrid revealed that Fluffy could be calmed and put to sleep by music. It was this slip of the lip that allowed Professor Quirrell, Harry, Hermione, and Ron to all get past Fluffy and into the hall where the Philosopher's Stone was hidden.

## Norbert

Main article: Norberta
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A ***Norwegian Ridgeback*** ***dragon***. Hagrid won Norbert's egg from a hooded man at the ***Hog's Head*** during a card game. As dragon breeding was outlawed by the ***Warlocks' Convention of 1709***, Hagrid could not legally keep Norbert, and had the dragon taken away by Charlie Weasley and his ***colleagues*** to the ***Romanian Dragon Sanctuary***.
Norwegian Ridgebacks breathe fire. Nesting mothers breathe on them to keep them warm, explaining why Hagrid kept the egg in a pot over the fireplace in his home, even in warm weather. A pet dragon such as this one, once it hatches, should be fed brandy mixed with chicken's blood.
After Norbert was taken into Charles Weasley's care, the dragon was mentioned only in passing.

## Aragog

Main article: Aragog
 File:Aragog in his lair.jpg  An enormous talking Acromantula, Aragog's egg came into Hagrid's possession when Hagrid was a student at Hogwarts. The spider hatched and was hidden at the school in a cupboard; he never saw any other part of the castle. Hagrid was eventually forced to set Aragog free when his presence in the school became worrisome and Aragog was framed for causing Myrtle Warren's death. Even then, Hagrid was expelled and Aragog made a den deep in the Forbidden Forest. Hagrid eventually provided Aragog with a mate, ***Mosag***, and together they had many offspring.
Aragog met Harry and Ron in 1993, when Hagrid was briefly taken into custody at ***Azkaban*** for allegedly opening the Chamber of Secrets. It was through Aragog's explanation of events that Harry and Ron learned Hagrid was innocent of those charges.

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