Kanine

# Kanine (Harry Potter)

> Well, just watch yourself, Potter, because I'll be *dogging* your footsteps in case you step out of line.
>
> Draco Malfoy to Harry Potter, hinting at his knowledge of Sirius Black's animagus form, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

**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.Template:Creature

## 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

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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, but was later repatriated by Albus Dumbledore to ***Greece***. 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".
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***, 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.

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## Notes and references

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1. ↑ Template:Wikilink
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Template:PS
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Cite error: Invalid `<ref>` tag; no text was provided for refs named `PS16`
4. ↑ Interview transcript (partial), Blue Peter (cBBC), 12 March, 2001
5. ↑ .@EmyBemy2 He was repatriated to Greece. Dumbledore liked to put Hagrid's more foolish acquisitions back where they belong - not the forest. from Twitter
6. ↑ Cite error: Invalid `<ref>` tag; no text was provided for refs named `PS8`
7. ↑ Template:PS - Chapter 25 (*The Forbidden Forest*)
8. ↑ Template:MA - Hagrid's 2010 Christmas card Template:See image
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10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Template:OOTP
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12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Template:POA
13. ↑ What magical pets would the Harry Potter cast have in the wizarding world? from Template:PM (via the Internet Archive)