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* A 1963 WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck cartoon involved Daffy trying to contact a millionare, and having to make it past the man's pet bulldog first. Daffy faced a similar situation in the 1948 cartoon "Daffy Dilly", but in "Dilly" the obstacle was the millionare's [[FurryConfusion anthropomorphic dog]] butler.
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* A The 1963 WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck cartoon ''Fast Buck Duck'' involved Daffy trying to contact a millionare, and having to make it past the man's pet bulldog first. Daffy faced a similar situation in the 1948 cartoon "Daffy Dilly", but in "Dilly" the obstacle was the millionare's [[FurryConfusion anthropomorphic dog]] butler.
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* ''WesternAnimation/ElTigreTheAdventuresOfMannyRivera'': Chief Suarez owns a pair of Dobermans, who would normally be {{Heroic Dog}}s if it wasn't for the fact that [[OverprotectiveDad Suarez]] hates Manny for getting Frida involved in super-crimefighting, and the dogs' attitude towards Manny reflects that.
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* ''WesternAnimation/ElTigreTheAdventuresOfMannyRivera'': Chief Suarez owns a pair of Dobermans, who would normally be {{Heroic Dog}}s if it wasn't for the fact that [[OverprotectiveDad Suarez]] Suarez hates Manny for getting Frida involved in super-crimefighting, and the dogs' attitude towards Manny reflects that.
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* In the animated "Family Dog" episode of ''Series/AmazingStories'', the dog fails to stop two burglars in two consecutive occasions, so he's taken to an obedience school where he's trained to become, in the words of the owner, "a quivering, snarling, white-hot ball of canine terror." When the burglars return, not only does the dog viciously attack them, he even follows them home. There they end up adopting him and using him to commit crimes, until there's a falling out and the dog attacks them again before returning home.
* Shows up near the end of ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'' episode "The DVD", during the scene where Gumball and Darwin are chased through the neighborhood by their mother. Gumball and Darwin run away from it. [[ActionMom Nicole]] ''starts riding it like a horse.'' The dog in question looks like [[Anime/DomoTV Domo]], but quadrupedal with a tail and ears. This is used as a generic "[[CallASmeerpARabbit dog]]" model throughout the show, including one time Gumball had to cartwheel through a yard full of them and another where he chains one up in his yard to make his house look bad.
* In ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'', Bruce Wayne has a Great Dane named Ace (not the [[GratuitousAnimalSidekick Bat-Hound]], but undoubtedly a MythologyGag) who was actually raised for dogfighting and rescued by Bruce.
* The Doberman at the dog pound in ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'', episode "To the Rescue" part 4.
* A 1963 WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck cartoon involved Daffy trying to contact a millionare, and having to make it past the man's pet bulldog first. Daffy faced a similar situation in the 1948 cartoon "Daffy Dilly", but in "Dilly" the obstacle was the millionare's [[FurryConfusion anthropomorphic dog]] butler.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Doug}}'' had an episode involving the "classic" version, a bulldog who was preventing Doug and Skeeter from getting a (borrowed and presumably expensive) frisbee out of a yard.
* Taken to absurd lengths in ''WesternAnimation/EekTheCat'', where the neighbors' yard is guarded by Sharky the Sharkdog, who is a literal shark/dog hybrid. Sharky would often go out of his way to terrorize the well-intentioned Eek!, regardless of where they were. Leading to the classic episode involving Annabel's pool in the backyard, a submarine full of ocean-exploring waterfowl parodying Jacques Cousteau, and the "Shark" part of things suddenly being much more literal.
* ''WesternAnimation/ElTigreTheAdventuresOfMannyRivera'': Chief Suarez owns a pair of Dobermans, who would normally be {{Heroic Dog}}s if it wasn't for the fact that [[OverprotectiveDad Suarez]] hates Manny for getting Frida involved in super-crimefighting, and the dogs' attitude towards Manny reflects that.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'':
** Timmy's ploy of getting friends Chester and A.J. to rescue him from "vicious guard dogs" backfires when Cosmo and Wanda are too distracted to play the part, and the junkyard's actual vicious guard dogs go after Timmy instead.
** Remy Buxaplenty's family owned some vicious guard dogs themselves (among them Pit Bulls).
** [[DepravedDentist Dr. Bender]] has one, complete with some BracesOfOrthodonticOverkill.
* WesternAnimation/FoghornLeghorn's nemesis Barnyard Dawg is one, but that's only because Foggy ''makes'' him angry all the time.
* ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'' had Garfield [[MediumAwareness citing]] the Angry Guard Dog as an especially annoying trope, since he never understood why a dog would automatically defend a mouse or immediately attack a cat for no reason. (Garfield thinks that dogs are ruled by [[DogsAreDumb their stupid instincts]]. Garfield himself does run afoul of dogs occasionally, but it's usually after baiting them.)
* Bronx from ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'' is both this and a BigFriendlyDog, depending on situation or who is around.
* The only person who can keep [[WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy The Grim Reaper's]] dog Cerberus in check is Mandy. She could send the dog in the photo image up top running for his dog house.
* Professor Rockabuilt's guard dog in ''WesternAnimation/TheHairBearBunch'' episode "No Space Like Home" becomes a sudden subversion when he himself is barked at. He runs off cowering.
-->'''Hair Bear:''' That dog has a deep psychological problem.\\
'''Square Bear:''' Yeah, I'd hate to be his psychiatrist. He'd rip the couch apart.
* The WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes "Sam the Sheepdog" cartoons subverted this; Sam protects the sheep but has no personal animosity toward the wolf, as a [[PunchClockVillain Punch Clock Hero]] -- in one, we see them both punching out mid-fight, having lunch, and getting back into position afterwards.
* ''WesternAnimation/LosTrotaMusicos'': Attila is the guard dog of the three robbers in this adaptation of ''Literature/TheBremenTownMusicians'', but generally a very weak and incompetent dog.
* ''WesternAnimation/MrBogus'':
** In the second act of the episode "[[Recap/MrBogusS1E10MuseumMadness Museum Madness]]", Bogus finds himself getting chased by a security guard's Doberman throughout the museum.
** An Angry Guard Dog rottweiler served as TheDragon to Ratty in the first act of the episode "[[Recap/MrBogusS2E6TotallyBogusVideo Totally Bogus Video]]". [[spoiler:[[OneSceneWonder Too bad that he only showed up in the first act.]]]]
* Cerberus comes to visit Ponyville [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E20ItsAboutTime in an episode of]] ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''. It's [[FluffyTamer placated by Fluttershy]].
-->'''Fluttershy:''' Who's the cute little three-headed dog? Who's a good boy? Who's a good boy?
* ''WesternAnimation/OggyAndTheCockroaches'': Bob. In a few episodes, he actually IS a guard.
* The earliest example might be in ''WesternAnimation/OswaldTheLuckyRabbit'', episode "Weary Willies" (1929), with hobos Oswald and Pete trying to get a roasted turkey off of a suburban windowsill. Blocking the way is a fierce bulldog who, after several typical blackout gags, is ultimately sent chasing after the cop who'd been pursuing Oswald and Pete for vagrancy earlier. Remade by WesternAnimation/YogiBear as ''Pie Pirates'' (1959), with a few gags reused verbatim, and lampooned by ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow'' (see below) decades later.
* WesternAnimation/ThePinkPanther has come across a few such dogs in a fenced yard, such as in "The Pink Package Plot" (a terrorist was forcing the Panther to deliver a package containing a TimeBomb to an estate) and "Spark Plug Pink" (where a spark plug the Panther needs to get his lawn mower going accidentally lands in the dog's yard amongst his bones).
* The ''Slimer!'' segments of ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'' frequently had Slimer having to get past an aggressive guard dog named Bruiser.
* ''WesternAnimation/ReBoot'' has Frisket, a super strong dog that only listened to Enzo. He absolutely hated Bob, which is used as a CallBack when Bob returns from the Web. Frisket sees a "stranger" and growls, then sniffs and learns it is Bob, then goes back to growling.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow'' played with this in "A Yard Too Far". After Ren (himself an Angry Guard Dog in the series) realizes that attempts by him and Stimpy to steal food from a windowsill [[GenreSavvy are too similar to a golden-age cartoon plot for his comfort]], he immediately sends Stimpy (a cat) to scout and flush out the obligatory guard dog. Stimpy returns and assures him [[ExactWords there is no dog]]. Ren goes into the yard, and is promptly mauled by a guard ''baboon''.
* The Pickles live next door to one such dog on ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'', often mentioned but only seen twice -- three times if you count the WholeEpisodeFlashback before it became the ferocious "monster dog" the babies had come to know.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretWorldOfBenjaminBear'': The Biggleboar family has Chomper, a vicious Doberman Pinscher who doesn't like Benjamin or Howie.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
** Mr. Burns has a pack of these at the ready whenever his guests have overstayed their welcome. [[ForTheEvulz Or if he needs a good chuckle.]]
--->'''Burns:''' Smithers, release the hounds!
** Although they do get old and tired, leading Burns to reminisce about one dog's attack on his first hippie:
--->'''Burns:''' That hippie didn't think that was too ''grooovy''.
* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' once had to get past a vicious junkyard guard worm, giant worms being the "underwater" equivalent of dogs.
* ''WesternAnimation/StoppitAndTidyup'' has nasty little Not Now, who is a small yappy one for [[BigBad the big bad I Said No.]]
* On one ''WesternAnimation/SylvesterTheCatAndTweetyBird'' cartoon, Granny seems to have hundreds of guard dogs in her backyard, all of which Sylvester has to get through to catch Tweety.
** The guard dog design used in the short was also made into a single recurring character who often antagonised Sylvester (named Hector in later media). Incidentally Hector's design was also reused as Marc Anthony in [[LittleGuyBigBuddy Marc Anthony And Pussyfoot]] series, who, despite his best attempts, [[BigFriendlyDog is anything but]].
* Arnold the security dog from ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures''.
* ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'': The most famous example is probably Spike the Bulldog from these cartoon shorts. When Spike's popularity caused a softening of the character, the writers merely gave him other reasons to attack Tom (a misunderstanding, trying to set an example to his son about how dogs act, a PapaWolf attitude toward those messing with said son, etc.)
* In the ''WesternAnimation/WeBareBears'' episode "The Demon", the titular "demon" is the dog of Chloe's neighbor, a crazed monster that rips to shreds anything it gets a hold of. It also turns out to be a tiny French Bulldog, albeit a savage, hyperactive one. She and Ice Bear sneak in when the dog gets her hoodie. [[spoiler:In the end, they discover that wearing the hoodie calms it down, so they let him have it, much to the delight of the neighbor.]]
* Shows up near the end of ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'' episode "The DVD", during the scene where Gumball and Darwin are chased through the neighborhood by their mother. Gumball and Darwin run away from it. [[ActionMom Nicole]] ''starts riding it like a horse.'' The dog in question looks like [[Anime/DomoTV Domo]], but quadrupedal with a tail and ears. This is used as a generic "[[CallASmeerpARabbit dog]]" model throughout the show, including one time Gumball had to cartwheel through a yard full of them and another where he chains one up in his yard to make his house look bad.
* In ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'', Bruce Wayne has a Great Dane named Ace (not the [[GratuitousAnimalSidekick Bat-Hound]], but undoubtedly a MythologyGag) who was actually raised for dogfighting and rescued by Bruce.
* The Doberman at the dog pound in ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'', episode "To the Rescue" part 4.
* A 1963 WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck cartoon involved Daffy trying to contact a millionare, and having to make it past the man's pet bulldog first. Daffy faced a similar situation in the 1948 cartoon "Daffy Dilly", but in "Dilly" the obstacle was the millionare's [[FurryConfusion anthropomorphic dog]] butler.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Doug}}'' had an episode involving the "classic" version, a bulldog who was preventing Doug and Skeeter from getting a (borrowed and presumably expensive) frisbee out of a yard.
* Taken to absurd lengths in ''WesternAnimation/EekTheCat'', where the neighbors' yard is guarded by Sharky the Sharkdog, who is a literal shark/dog hybrid. Sharky would often go out of his way to terrorize the well-intentioned Eek!, regardless of where they were. Leading to the classic episode involving Annabel's pool in the backyard, a submarine full of ocean-exploring waterfowl parodying Jacques Cousteau, and the "Shark" part of things suddenly being much more literal.
* ''WesternAnimation/ElTigreTheAdventuresOfMannyRivera'': Chief Suarez owns a pair of Dobermans, who would normally be {{Heroic Dog}}s if it wasn't for the fact that [[OverprotectiveDad Suarez]] hates Manny for getting Frida involved in super-crimefighting, and the dogs' attitude towards Manny reflects that.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'':
** Timmy's ploy of getting friends Chester and A.J. to rescue him from "vicious guard dogs" backfires when Cosmo and Wanda are too distracted to play the part, and the junkyard's actual vicious guard dogs go after Timmy instead.
** Remy Buxaplenty's family owned some vicious guard dogs themselves (among them Pit Bulls).
** [[DepravedDentist Dr. Bender]] has one, complete with some BracesOfOrthodonticOverkill.
* WesternAnimation/FoghornLeghorn's nemesis Barnyard Dawg is one, but that's only because Foggy ''makes'' him angry all the time.
* ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'' had Garfield [[MediumAwareness citing]] the Angry Guard Dog as an especially annoying trope, since he never understood why a dog would automatically defend a mouse or immediately attack a cat for no reason. (Garfield thinks that dogs are ruled by [[DogsAreDumb their stupid instincts]]. Garfield himself does run afoul of dogs occasionally, but it's usually after baiting them.)
* Bronx from ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'' is both this and a BigFriendlyDog, depending on situation or who is around.
* The only person who can keep [[WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy The Grim Reaper's]] dog Cerberus in check is Mandy. She could send the dog in the photo image up top running for his dog house.
* Professor Rockabuilt's guard dog in ''WesternAnimation/TheHairBearBunch'' episode "No Space Like Home" becomes a sudden subversion when he himself is barked at. He runs off cowering.
-->'''Hair Bear:''' That dog has a deep psychological problem.\\
'''Square Bear:''' Yeah, I'd hate to be his psychiatrist. He'd rip the couch apart.
* The WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes "Sam the Sheepdog" cartoons subverted this; Sam protects the sheep but has no personal animosity toward the wolf, as a [[PunchClockVillain Punch Clock Hero]] -- in one, we see them both punching out mid-fight, having lunch, and getting back into position afterwards.
* ''WesternAnimation/LosTrotaMusicos'': Attila is the guard dog of the three robbers in this adaptation of ''Literature/TheBremenTownMusicians'', but generally a very weak and incompetent dog.
* ''WesternAnimation/MrBogus'':
** In the second act of the episode "[[Recap/MrBogusS1E10MuseumMadness Museum Madness]]", Bogus finds himself getting chased by a security guard's Doberman throughout the museum.
** An Angry Guard Dog rottweiler served as TheDragon to Ratty in the first act of the episode "[[Recap/MrBogusS2E6TotallyBogusVideo Totally Bogus Video]]". [[spoiler:[[OneSceneWonder Too bad that he only showed up in the first act.]]]]
* Cerberus comes to visit Ponyville [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E20ItsAboutTime in an episode of]] ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''. It's [[FluffyTamer placated by Fluttershy]].
-->'''Fluttershy:''' Who's the cute little three-headed dog? Who's a good boy? Who's a good boy?
* ''WesternAnimation/OggyAndTheCockroaches'': Bob. In a few episodes, he actually IS a guard.
* The earliest example might be in ''WesternAnimation/OswaldTheLuckyRabbit'', episode "Weary Willies" (1929), with hobos Oswald and Pete trying to get a roasted turkey off of a suburban windowsill. Blocking the way is a fierce bulldog who, after several typical blackout gags, is ultimately sent chasing after the cop who'd been pursuing Oswald and Pete for vagrancy earlier. Remade by WesternAnimation/YogiBear as ''Pie Pirates'' (1959), with a few gags reused verbatim, and lampooned by ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow'' (see below) decades later.
* WesternAnimation/ThePinkPanther has come across a few such dogs in a fenced yard, such as in "The Pink Package Plot" (a terrorist was forcing the Panther to deliver a package containing a TimeBomb to an estate) and "Spark Plug Pink" (where a spark plug the Panther needs to get his lawn mower going accidentally lands in the dog's yard amongst his bones).
* The ''Slimer!'' segments of ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'' frequently had Slimer having to get past an aggressive guard dog named Bruiser.
* ''WesternAnimation/ReBoot'' has Frisket, a super strong dog that only listened to Enzo. He absolutely hated Bob, which is used as a CallBack when Bob returns from the Web. Frisket sees a "stranger" and growls, then sniffs and learns it is Bob, then goes back to growling.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow'' played with this in "A Yard Too Far". After Ren (himself an Angry Guard Dog in the series) realizes that attempts by him and Stimpy to steal food from a windowsill [[GenreSavvy are too similar to a golden-age cartoon plot for his comfort]], he immediately sends Stimpy (a cat) to scout and flush out the obligatory guard dog. Stimpy returns and assures him [[ExactWords there is no dog]]. Ren goes into the yard, and is promptly mauled by a guard ''baboon''.
* The Pickles live next door to one such dog on ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'', often mentioned but only seen twice -- three times if you count the WholeEpisodeFlashback before it became the ferocious "monster dog" the babies had come to know.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretWorldOfBenjaminBear'': The Biggleboar family has Chomper, a vicious Doberman Pinscher who doesn't like Benjamin or Howie.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
** Mr. Burns has a pack of these at the ready whenever his guests have overstayed their welcome. [[ForTheEvulz Or if he needs a good chuckle.]]
--->'''Burns:''' Smithers, release the hounds!
** Although they do get old and tired, leading Burns to reminisce about one dog's attack on his first hippie:
--->'''Burns:''' That hippie didn't think that was too ''grooovy''.
* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' once had to get past a vicious junkyard guard worm, giant worms being the "underwater" equivalent of dogs.
* ''WesternAnimation/StoppitAndTidyup'' has nasty little Not Now, who is a small yappy one for [[BigBad the big bad I Said No.]]
* On one ''WesternAnimation/SylvesterTheCatAndTweetyBird'' cartoon, Granny seems to have hundreds of guard dogs in her backyard, all of which Sylvester has to get through to catch Tweety.
** The guard dog design used in the short was also made into a single recurring character who often antagonised Sylvester (named Hector in later media). Incidentally Hector's design was also reused as Marc Anthony in [[LittleGuyBigBuddy Marc Anthony And Pussyfoot]] series, who, despite his best attempts, [[BigFriendlyDog is anything but]].
* Arnold the security dog from ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures''.
* ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'': The most famous example is probably Spike the Bulldog from these cartoon shorts. When Spike's popularity caused a softening of the character, the writers merely gave him other reasons to attack Tom (a misunderstanding, trying to set an example to his son about how dogs act, a PapaWolf attitude toward those messing with said son, etc.)
* In the ''WesternAnimation/WeBareBears'' episode "The Demon", the titular "demon" is the dog of Chloe's neighbor, a crazed monster that rips to shreds anything it gets a hold of. It also turns out to be a tiny French Bulldog, albeit a savage, hyperactive one. She and Ice Bear sneak in when the dog gets her hoodie. [[spoiler:In the end, they discover that wearing the hoodie calms it down, so they let him have it, much to the delight of the neighbor.]]
