History Main / HeroicDog

* In ''Anime/ExcelSaga'' Menchi usually acts [[EatTheDog as the emergency food supply]], but in episodes that spotlight her she plays the hero.

* ''Series/{{Wishbone}}'': When Wishbone sees a news story about a heroic dog who saves a child from being hit by a car, he begins to fantasize about being heroic himself, which prompts the episode's adaptation.

* Jake from ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' is a rather interesting case. He has magical shape-shifting abilities, but he's is usually too lazy and cowardly to use them to their fullest and is often a JerkAss. He still, however, accompanies his friend, Finn, and helps him on his quests.

* ''Film/TheHillsHaveEyes1977'' and ''Film/TheHillsHaveEyes2006'': The surviving dog, Beast, not only manages to be more useful in the survival situation than any of the normal humans, but actually manages to rack up a higher body count than any other single living creature in the entire movie. German Shepherds are pretty renowned for being great guard dogs, and in a situation where his human family is unable to defend themselves, he's going to revert to [[JustForPun Papa Wolf]] mode and kill some bastards. He also had his mate, Beauty, to avenge. Dogs ''do'' hold grudges over things like that.

* ''TabletopGame/IronKingdoms'' brings us a Khadoran War Dog a good boy so phenominally good he'll protect your army's Wizard-in-command from guns, spells, and multitonne steampowered deathrobots. Both by using his Counter-charge rule to charge anything that comes close to "His Human" and by making said human harder to hit and better able to run from problems.

* Koromaru, from ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}'', who fights interdimensional hellbeasts with the best of 'em with the help of his Persona, [[CanisMajor Cerberus]].
* ''VideoGame/FableII'': When Lucien has you trapped, a pistol aimed at you, and is about to pull the trigger, you dog leaps in front of you and takes the shot. The dog that has been with you since the beginning of the game. Of course, he shoots you right afterward, but it was pretty awesome and gives you extra motivation to kill the bastard.
** ''VideoGame/FableIII'' continues the tradition - though his successor is thankfully never forced to make a HeroicSacrifice, he'll follow your hero through seven hells and back again, loyally defending you (and available for snuggles) all the way.
* Boney of ''VideoGame/{{Mother 3}}.'' He's also [[MemeticBadass Flint Norris's dog, and can phase through a speeding train.]]
* The Mabari hound party member of ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'', popularly called Rabbit, Barkspawn or Dog.
* The hero's dog from ''VideoGame/SecretOfEvermore''.
* Dogmeat from ''VideoGame/{{Fallout|1}}'', ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 2}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}'' if the player recruits him. He is almost always the only party member who will never leave you under any circumstances save death.
** [[LegacyCharacter His incarnation]] in ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 4}}'' plays it even straighter: he's implied to have belonged to the (currently besieged) settlers in Concord and will attempt to lead the player back to them for a BigDamnHeroes moment.
** Rex in ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas''; a [[RobotDog cybernetic]] [[{{Cyborg}} dog]] with a... colorful history. He is also very old, practically a TimeAbyss by dog standards, as he's a pre-War K9 police unit.
*** In ''Old World Blues'' you'll find a cybernetic splicing lab where you can create Roxie to accompany you for a while. The DLC's epilogue states that the now fully-operational lab will [[spoiler: begin to cultivate ''armies'' of cyberdogs to roam the wastes and protect frontier towns.]]
* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'': While Growlithe is the most prominent example, every Pokemon based on a dog is this to some degree. Even Dark-Type ones like Houndour and Poochyena. Stoutland, the final evolution of Lilipup, is described in the 'dex as being highly skilled at rescuing people in snowstorms or lost at sea.
** The ''VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2'' [[Anime/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2IntroductionMovie trailer]] has a Team Plasma grunt order her Seviper to attack ''the trainers'' who are interrupting them, skipping the whole 'Pokemon battle' business and going straight to taking out the actual witnesses to their operation. Cue [[CanisMajor big badass fire-dog]] [[http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m43a9bhqgL1qczibyo1_500.gif Arcanine to the rescue]], who intercepts the snake and launches it into low orbit with a physics-defying aerial throw.
* Radium Dog from ''VideoGame/DefendersOfDynatronCity''.
* Missile from ''VideoGame/GhostTrick''. Follows his mistress into danger and dies, but when he's offered a chance to come back to life he ''refuses'', because [[TookALevelInBadass he's inherited ghost powers]] that [[DeclarationOfProtection allow him to protect his mistress better]].
* Repede from ''VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia''. He's able to handle a short sword and items extremely well for a dog, and goes up against foes both human and monster alike on a regular basis for the good of the world.
* North from ''VideoGame/IansEyes'' is the seeing-eye dog of Ian, who's blind. He's also the PlayerCharacter. It's up to him to guide Ian through the zombie-infested school to find a way out.
* In ''VideoGame/Boogeyman2'', a dog can appear in the [[PlayerCharacter little girl's]] room. It will start barking if the boogeyman is close.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Underdog}}'', who was TheCape when not in his civilian identity of Shoe Shine Boy.
* ''WesternAnimation/HongKongPhooey'', a karate-chopping "number one super guy", with an equally humble secret identity, ordinary [[AlmightyJanitor janitor]] Penrod Pooch.

* Spike from ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'', in the series' first episode, rescues Tommy and Chuckie from the vicious neighbor dog, showing from the very beginning how tough and heroic he could be when protecting 'his babies'. The best example is explained in the Animated Films section above.
* Played to the extreme in ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'', where the Gargoyle Bound Bronx, and later another hound from Avalon, who shows up at least twice, help their 'masters'. Bronx exhibits above-average intelligence for a dog - he's no astrophysicist, but can understand basic commands in human speech, and often helps pull his friends to safety. In one episode, [[spoiler: Lexington and Brooklyn are trapped in electrified cages, as is Bronx. Out of boredom, Brooklyn pokes repeatedly at the bars, following each spark with a monotone "Ow". Lexington notices the lights flicker, and tells Bronx to escape; he and Brooklyn grab the bars, diverting enough power that Bronx can bend the bars of his cage and run off for help.]]
** Gargoyle Hounds in general are much smarter than canines, actually being about as smart as a chimpanzee.
* In ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'', Ace (not ''the'' Bat-Hound, just a normal dog) does his fair share of rescuing, and does it in the way you'd expect an ex-dog fight contender to do it.
-->'''Terry:''' (''after Ace chases off a hyena HalfHumanHybrid'') Good bad dog.
* In ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldsHalloweenAdventure'', as Garfield and Odie jump into the lake to escape the evil ghosts chasing them, Garfield quickly sinks under and is swept away by the current (he can't swim). A frantic, whimpering Odie immediately dives underwater to find him and pulls him to safety. As they reach the shore, Garfield tells him with complete sincerity [[IOweYouMyLife "I owe you one, old buddy"]]. It's especially touching considering that Garfield is always ridiculing and tormenting Odie -- he only even brought him along for trick-or-treating in order to get more candy for ''himself'' -- yet Odie didn't hesitate to save him.
* When ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog'' sees danger, he always cowers in fear. Then he always rescues his family, in spite of being scared.
* This trope is mentioned in "My Hero Zero" in ''WesternAnimation/SchoolhouseRock'''s Multiplication Rock series.
* Naga from ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' definitely counts...[[MixAndMatchCritters since she's a Heroic Polar Bear Dog.]]
* Jake from ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' is a rather interesting case. He has magical shape-shifting abilities, but he's is usually too lazy and cowardly to use them to their fullest and is often a JerkAss. He still, however, accompanies his friend, Finn, and helps him on his quests.
* Poor, beleaguered Buttons from ''{{WesternAnimation/Animaniacs}}''. He's undeniably heroic, charging into danger time and time again to rescue his charge, Mindy, (and getting comically beat up in the process.) He always delivers her home safely, but is usually admonished by his owner for some small infraction (like tracking mud in the house) instead of recognized for his efforts. (Although [[spoiler:he does finally get acknowledged in WesternAnimation/WakkosWish]].) At least Mindy still likes him. Silly puppy!
* ''WesternAnimation/PAWPatrol'': It's basically the whole point of the show.
%% * WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo.
* Subverted in the WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes "Fresh Airedale" by Creator/ChuckJones - a conniving dog (he lets in house burglars who pay him off with meat) sets himself up to look heroic, while the family cat, who ''is'' heroic, gets nothing but scorn.

* Subverted to hell and back by [[Creator/BillPlympton indie animator Bill Plympton]] (now what did you expect). His dog from "Guard Dog", "Guide Dog", "Hot Dog" and "Horn Dog" is a loyal hero to the bone...only that a combination of incompetence, overzeal and sheer bad luck makes him a walking disaster area.
* Franchise/ScoobyDoo. For over 50 years he's helped capture and unmask criminals using faux supernatural dressings to cover their activities and many times has stepped up to rescue his teenage companions from life-threatening perils.
* Reddy from ''WesternAnimation/TheRuffAndReddyShow'' is a bit of a moron and prefers to shy away from confrontations, but if his pal Ruff or anyone smaller than its antagonist is in a spot, he'll step up and fight.

[[folder:Anime and Manga]]
* Most of the main characters of the manga/anime ''Manga/GingaNagareboshiGin'' are courageous dogs, who band together to fight an evil bear who kills humans and threatens to take over the local mountains.
* In ''Anime/ExcelSaga'' Menchi usually acts [[EatTheDog as the emergency food supply]], but in episodes that spotlight her she plays the hero.

* Tobimaru from ''Anime/SwordOfTheStranger'' is played straight, protecting the main protagonist from poisoned knives and [[HeroicSacrifice very nearly giving his life]] in the process.
* Black Hayate from ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' saves Riza from a homunculus in the manga.
* Akamaru, Kiba Inuzuka's canine partner from ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' is known for protecting cats and kids all around Konoha from mean dogs, often as Kiba translates: 'Pick on someone your own size!'
* Zeke of ''Manga/HighschoolOfTheDead'' may not be the biggest dog, but he is fiercely loyal to Alice, even on their first encounter, he tries to protect her. Later, When Alice laments she has no weapons, Hirano points out that Zeke is her weapon. Also, any dog that survives the Zombie apocalypse has badass pumping through his veins.

* Doogee from ''Anime/TheTibetanDog'' is a Tibetan Mastiff [[spoiler:who is tracking a giant beast that killed his owner, to which he succeeds in the end, being mortally wounded in the fight and then using his last powers to save his new owner from an avalanche.]]
* Chou Chou from ''Anime/LesMiserablesShojoCosette'' has his moments. He hepled Cosette and Gavroche when they were children, was a helpful figure to Gavroche's "brothers" and, specially, [[spoiler: he saved Gavroche in the barricades.]]
* ''Manga/{{Inubaka}}'' has Lupin's grandfather, who rescues a four-year-old Suguri from a kidnapping. Lupin himself has a moment where he rescued Kentaro's sister from being abducted by some shady guys.

* ''Franchise/{{Tintin}}'': Snowy is always there for his owner, no matter the threat level, once wishing to die by his grave and he is pretty smart too.
%%* ''ComicBook/SuskeEnWiske'': Tobias.

%%* ''ComicBook/{{Cubitus}}'': The titular dog.
* ''ComicBook/LuckyLuke'': Ratanplan is a complete subversion of this trope in all but intentions, usually causing more harm than good and being TheLoad even in.., ahem especially in video games. He'll try, bless his heart, but he just isnt very good at it.

* In 1948, the GoldenAge Franchise/GreenLantern Alan Scott got a canine sidekick named Streak the Wonder Dog, who became so popular that he ended up taking over the book from GL. Streak is generally regarded as the prototype for the later Rex the Wonder Dog.

* Ace the Bat-Hound is ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'''s heroic dog, who even wears a little dog-styled costume similar to his master's.
* Uncle Sam, the CanineCompanion to the protagonist of the UsefulNotes/WorldWarI serial ''ComicBook/GoldenEyesAndHerHeroBill''. Three installments into the serial he sniffs out a German spy - and that's before he and Golden Eyes have enlisted! Once the two of them make it to France and join the Red Cross, Uncle Sam proceeds to knock out an enemy officer, assist with the transport of captured German intelligence papers, lead American troops to the location where Golden Eyes is being held captive, and work to find wounded soldiers after battles.
* ''ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy:'' The second volume has Cosmos, a telepathic Russian dog who under circumstances never explained gained telepathic powers, who operates as the head of security for Knowhere, and is therefore a friend of the Guardians (except [[SitcomArchnemesis Rocket Racoon]]).
* Arwyn's dog Kreeg in ''ComicBook/{{Sojourn}}''. Not only is he an EvilDetectingDog, but he is badass enough to kill a troll on his own.
* ''ComicBook/{{Pack}}'': The titular Pack has six dogs in it. There's Chastity, Diligence, Humility, Kindness, Liberty, and Temperance.
* In ''ComicBook/{{Blacksad}}'', all the cops are canines - nearly all of them dogs, with at least one fox on the force.
* Biscuit from ''ComicBook/CindyAndBiscuit'' fights side by side with his mistress, and has the odd solo strip.
* ''ComicBook/{{Sojourn}}'' has Arwyn's dog Kreeg. Not only is he an EvilDetectingDog, but he is badass enough to kill a troll on his own.
* Max in ''ComicBook/OzCaliber'', who will leap in fearlessly to attack any monster, no matter how strange. His human masters would be dead many times over if not for Max's bravery.

* ''ComicStrip/ForBetterOrForWorse'': Farley [[HeroicSacrifice suffers a fatal heart attack]] while saving April from drowning in a creek. Edgar the puppy gets an honorable mention for dashing back to the house and alerting the family to the fact that the two are in trouble.

* In the backstory of ''Fanfic/KaraOfRokyn'', Krypto joined Superboy in his adventures and saved the life of the Teen of Steel dozens of times.

[[folder:Film - Animated]]
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Balto}}'', both the animated version and the real dog he was based on.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheRugratsMovie'': Spike tracks down the babies, that had been lost in the woods for a whole day and night, and when finding them, helps Tommy rescue Chuckie from a group of monkeys and later fearlessly battles a huge vicious wolf to protect the babies, [[HeroicSacrifice nearly sacrificing his life]] in the process.
** No wonder why in ''WesternAnimation/RugratsGoWild'' , when he finally gets to talk thanks to [[WesternAnimation/TheWildThornberrys Eliza Thornberry]]'s powers, he got voiced by Creator/BruceWillis.
* 2018 saw the release of ''WesternAnimation/SgtStubbyAnAmericanHero'', an animated version of the military career of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergeant_Stubby "the most decorated war dog of World War I"]]. The film does [[ArtisticLicense take a few]] [[{{Dramatization}} liberties]], but is largely [[BasedOnATrueStory unvarnished truth]]. The credits include multiple photos of the real-life Stubby.

* Double-subverted with ''WesternAnimation/{{Bolt}},'' who plays a superhero in the in-universe ShowWithinAShow and thinks it's all real. [[spoiler:Even after learning the truth, he saves his owner's life by barking into an air vent from inside a burning building such that firefighters can hear them.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}}'' has Bruno, a hound dog who is long in the tooth, but is the only one able to stop the [[CatsAreMean wicked]] [[MeaningfulName Lucifer]] when he's easily able to beat back the mice and birds trying to get Cinderella out of her room.

[[folder:Film - Live-Action]]

* ''Film/Alpha2018'' has the chronologically earliest example, making this more Heroic ''Wolf''. Alpha saves Keda after [[AndroclesLion he patches up her wounds]] by helping him get out of a frozen lake and protecting him from a cave lion.

[[folder:Live Action TV]]

%%* Boomer from ''Here's Boomer.''
* ''Series/{{Wishbone}}'': When Wishbone sees a news story about a heroic dog who saves a child from being hit by a car, he begins to fantasize about being heroic himself, which prompts the episode's adaptation.
* ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'': The Bundy men and Steve take the neighborhood kids camping. Of course things go south, so Al gives their dog, Buck, a note to take to Peggy. As Al predicted, Buck braved the journey and made it home...but refused to give Peggy the note.
* Parodied in the ''Series/{{SCTV}}'' sketch "Alice", which featured a "heroic" dog that just ... basically sat there. Everyone around Alice credited her with saving their lives, fending off burglars, etc., but ... she just sat there.

* ''Series/DoctorWho'': During "School Reunion", K-9, a RobotDog, sacrificed himself to hold back the villains of the episode and give the other characters time to regroup and free the students from mind control.
%%* Max the Bionic Dog from ''Series/TheBionicWoman''.

* Dex, the bomb-sniffing dog in the Series/{{NCIS}} episode "Seek". So much so that at the episode's conclusion--by which point Dex has simultaneously avenged his handler (who was murdered in the opening sequence) by TakingTheBullet for Gibbs, Gibbs declares with 100℅ respect and sincerity:
--> "That's ''not'' a dog. That's a Marine."
* The episode "Pattern Seventeen" of ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'' had a young girl just barely avoid being kidnapped, because when the perp tried to shove her into his car, her dog bit onto his arm and refused to let go. The dog's growling and the girl's screaming were causing enough commotion that the perp decided it wasn't worth it, enabling the girl to escape with only superficial wounds.
* Parodied in ''Series/TheLateShow1992'' with the Charlie the Wonderdog sketches, whose main joke is that the dog (while harmless) is so badly trained he has to be pulled everywhere by his lead to make it appear as if he's doing anything.

* In ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldsHalloweenSpecial'', as Garfield and Odie jump into the lake to escape the evil ghosts chasing them, Garfield quickly sinks under and is swept away by the current (he can't swim). A frantic, whimpering Odie immediately dives underwater to find him and pulls him to safety. As they reach the shore, Garfield tells him with complete sincerity [[IOweYouMyLife "I owe you one, old buddy"]]. It's especially touching considering that Garfield is always ridiculing and tormenting Odie -- he only even brought him along for trick-or-treating in order to get more candy for ''himself'' -- yet Odie didn't hesitate to save him.

* In ''[[WesternAnimation/GarfieldSpecials Garfield's Halloween Special]]'', as Garfield and Odie jump into the lake to escape the evil ghosts chasing them, Garfield quickly sinks under and is swept away by the current (he can't swim). A frantic, whimpering Odie immediately dives underwater to find him and pulls him to safety. As they reach the shore, Garfield tells him with complete sincerity [[IOweYouMyLife "I owe you one, old buddy"]]. It's especially touching considering that Garfield is always ridiculing and tormenting Odie -- he only even brought him along for trick-or-treating in order to get more candy for ''himself'' -- yet Odie didn't hesitate to save him.

* Huan from ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'' fanfic ''Fanfic/ABoyAGirlAndADogTheLeithianScript''. Really a demi-god reborn in the body of a horse-sized wolfhound, Huan rescued Luthien from her captors and joined her quest, killed Sauron's entire wolf pack, ''mauled'' Sauron, came up with a plan to sneak into Morgoth's stronghold and dueled the biggest wolf ever to death. And after his death he still stuck by Beren and Luthien, even though he could leave the Halls of Mandos and being reembodied at any time.

Judging by the list of RealLife examples, this seems to be TruthInTelevision (and that also makes dogs a Crowning Species Of Awesome). Given humanity's talent for getting into trouble, it's certainly nice to know that at least one other species has got our back.

* ''The Tale of Gelert the dog'', a Welsh fable, describes how Gelert saves the life of his master's son when a wolf enters their home. Sadly, when his master returns from a hunting trip he sees Gelert covered in the wolf's blood, assumes Gelert has mauled his son, and kills him, only to realise his mistake when he discovers the wolf's carcass. The Welsh town Beddgelert, Gelert's Grave, is named in his honor.
* Dog, the dog in ''Two Caravans'', spends much of the novel acting as a simple tracking device, which is less heroic and more practical. However, when the dramatic finale comes around, he [[spoiler:leaps in front of a gun to save one of the protagonists]]

* Franchise/{{Lassie}} the heroic collie, star of multiple films and three television series. She's even in a famous 1943 group photograph of nearly all of MGM's contracted actors, sitting left front center right next to Louis B. Meyer himself. Lassie would come to most people's minds as the UrExample of heroic dogs on film, except that's actually...
* ''Film/ClashOfTheWolves'': Starring [=Rin Tin Tin=], a German Shepherd. He (and his descendants) portrayed a number of different heroic characters in several films for Warner Bros in the 1920s and '30s, two television series, and multiple ''radio'' series, where he provided his own sound effects. Quite a career for a dog. The original Rin Tin Tin died in 1932 at 14, and the role has been kept alive by multiple generations of descendants, with the twelfth generation working as spokesdog for the American Human Association Red Star Emergency Services Program since 2011.
* ''Film/TheHillsHaveEyes1977'' and ''Film/TheHillsHaveEyes2006'': The surviving dog, Beast, not only manages to be more useful in the survival situation than any of the normal humans, but actually manages to rack up a higher body count than any other single living creature in the entire movie. German Shepherds are pretty renowned for being great guard dogs, and in a situation where his human family is unable to defend themselves, he's going to revert to [[JustForPun Papa Wolf]] mode and kill some bastards. He also had his mate, Beauty, to avenge. Dogs ''do'' hold grudges over things like that.
** The original movie, at least, deconstructs this somewhat with an offhand reference to Beast having killed a poodle at some point in the past, suggesting that his violent tendencies are not always heroic.
* ''Film/TheLostBoys'': When the Frog brothers were cornered by a vampire, it was Nanook the Alaskan malamute (also an EvilDetectingDog) who jumped up at it and pushed it into the bathtub where the brothers' holy water supply was stored. ([[FridgeBrilliance All the more impressive]], in that Nanook may well have ''figured out'' that this would work, having just seen the brothers splash the vampire with water from the tub and burn its face!) Nanook also bravely guarded Sam from Michael when the latter became a half-vampire and was nearly overcome by HorrorHunger.
** Thorn, [[spoiler:Max's]] dog, can count from the villain's perspective. He drives away intruding mortals as his master is vulnerable and sleeping.
* Thor, the German shepherd hero of the movie ''Film/BadMoon'' (and the book it was based on, ''Thor'' by Wayne Smith), ''fights a werewolf'' to protect his family.

* In ''Film/HomewardBoundTheIncredibleJourney'', when Shadow (Golden Retriever) and Chance (Bulldog) take care of a lost little girl in the woods and help her family/search party locate her; not to mention fighting and outsmarting a goddamn mountain lion.

* Zip in ''Film/LastOfTheDogmen'' leads horses by a rope in order to pull two humans to safety.
* While his precise amount of heroism is open to question, Milo in ''Film/TheMask'' does help his master out of some tight spots.
* The titular dog from ''Film/{{Bingo}}'' displays both human level intelligence and intense bravery as he manages to rescue a boy from a bear, rescue hostages AND call the police (seriously, the dog dials the phone), and saves the first boy's family from a suitcase bomb, barely managing to survive the blast himself. As he lays in an emergency room after the bomb, everyone he helped throughout the movie comes to visit him, filling up the entire room.

* ''Film/{{Underdog}}''!
-->"when criminals in this world appear
-->and break the laws that they should fear
-->and frighten all who see or hear
-->the cry goes up both far and near/
-->for Underdog! ''Underdog!'' Underdog! ''Underdog!''"

* ''Film/Alpha2018'' has the chronologically earliest example, making this more Heroic ''Wolf''. Alpha saves Keda after [[AndroclesLion he patches up her wounds]] by helping him get out of a frozen lake and protecting him from a cave lion.
* In ''Film/TheDeserter'', Kaleb is accompanied by a nameless dog who is capable of taking down an Apache warrior on his own. The dog takes a particular liking to Crawford and selects him for the team.

* ''Film/LatePhases:'' Ambrose's German Shepherd Shadow. It starts ''growling at Ambrose'' to keep him away from the room where the werewolf is, and then attacks again and again the beast, which has just proved to be so strong to be almost able to punch through walls, to protect his master.
* The wolfdog in ''Film/TheJourneyOfNattyGann'', who sticks with Natty for most of the movie and keeps her safe. Notably, he's portrayed by the exact same animal actor who played Film/WhiteFang.

* Laika, the first animal in space.