The dog is a domesticated canid species, Canis familiaris.

Dog, dogs, DOG, or DOGS 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 (1977 film), a natural horror film

• The Dogs (1979 film), a French film

• Dog (2001 film), an animated short film by Suzie Templeton

• The Dog (film), a 2013 documentary about the real story behind Dog Day Afternoon

• Dogs (2016 film), a Romanian film

• Dog (2022 film), an American film starring Channing Tatum

• Dogs (2025 film), an Uruguayan-Argentine film directed by Gerardo Minutti

Television

• Dog, an ident for BBC Two, first aired in 1993 (see BBC Two 1991–2001 idents)

• "The Dog" (Seinfeld), a 1991 episode

• Dogs (TV series), a 2018 Netflix documentary series

• "Dog" (Miranda), a 2009 episode

• "Dogs", a Series D episode of QI (2006)

• "Dogs" (The Bear), a 2022 episode

Video games

• Disk Original Group, a Famicom Disk System game development collective

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

• 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 IShowSpeed and Kai Cenat, 2023

• "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

See also

• 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)