Dog (disambiguation)

Dog and Dogs usually refer to the domestic dog, (Canis lupus familiaris and Canis lupus dingo).

Dog may also refer to:

Animals

• "The dogs", or "dog" family of animals, the canids, including wolves, foxes, and coyotes
• Canid species called "dogs" as a part of their common name:
  • The African Wild Dog, Lycaon pictus, of Africa
  • The Bush Dog, Speothos venaticus, of South America
  • The Indian Wild Dog, Cuon alpinus, of Asia
  • The Raccoon Dog, Nyctereutes procyonoides, of Asia
  • The Small-eared Dog, Atelocynus microtis, of South America

Used in the names of non-canid, animals:

• Prairie dogs, Cynomys, a genus of North American social ground squirrels

People

Surname

• He Dog (1830–1930), Oglala Sioux leader
• Mary Crow Dog (born 1953), Dakota Sioux author and activist

Nickname

• "Dog", nickname of Duane Chapman, star of Dog: the Bounty Hunter
• When spelled with two final consonants:
  • Nate Dogg (1969–2011), American rapper and R&B artist
  • Snoop Dogg (born 1971), American rapper
  • Swamp Dogg (born 1942), American soul artist

Engineering

• Dog (engineering), generally, a tool that prevents or imparts movement by offering physical engagement
• Dog (andiron); specifically, to engineering dogs used in a fireplace: "dog irons" or "fire dogs"

Music

Bands

• Dogs (British band), punk music
• Dogs (French band), rock music
• The Dogs, American hip-hop band

Albums

• Dog (album), a 2010 album by Sow
• Dogs (Nina Nastasia album), 2000
• Dogs (Beware of Safety album), 2009

Songs

• "Dogs" (Pink Floyd song), 1977
• "Dogs" (The Who song), 1968
• "Dogs" (Damien Rice song)

Titles

• Dog (film), the 2001 animated short film by Suzie Templeton
• Dog (manga), by Shirow Miwa, subtitled "Bullets & Carnage"

Characters

• Dog (Half-Life 2), a character from the video game Half-Life 2
• Dog, a character in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
• Dog, a character from the Emmy award winning children's animation show, WordWorld

Places

• Dog Island (Florida), a barrier island in the Gulf of Mexico
• Isle of Dogs, a peninsula in East London
• Dog River (disambiguation)

Acronyms

• Delta Omicron Gamma, the sorority in the movie Sorority Boys
• Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft, the German Oriental Society
• Difference of Gaussians, in mathematics
• Deployable Operations Group, U.S. Coast Guard command
• Digital on-screen graphic

Games

• When spelled with a "Z" instead of an "S", to Dogz, a game in the Petz series of games
• Dog, non-standard hands in the card game poker

Others

• A hot dog, a small sausage popular in the United States
• Hurricane Dog (disambiguation), three tropical cyclones in 1950, 1951 and 1952
• Dog (zodiac), a Chinese astrological sign
• In some British spelling alphabets, the letter "D"
• As a nickname, Newcastle Brown Ale, an English brand of dark brown beer

See also

• All pages beginning with "Dog"
• The Dog (disambiguation), includes The Dogs
• Dawg (disambiguation), includes Dawgs
• Sleeping Dogs (disambiguation)
• Wild dog (disambiguation)