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* Mr. Krabs from SpongebobSquarepants has Mr. Doodles, his pet worm (which is the underwater equivalent to dogs in the show).

* [[Peanuts Charlie Brown and Snoopy (dog).]]

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* In ''TheJourneyOfNattyGann'', Natty has Wolf.
* ''IAmLegend''.
* Dog in MadMax 2.

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* In ''Gypsy'', Rose has Chowsie.

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* John Steinbeck's ''Travels With Charley'', an account of his 1960 road trip around the U.S. with his French poodle Charley.
* Paris Hilton and Tinkerbell. (a male dog)
* FranklinDRoosevelt and his various dogs, particularly his Scottish Terrier Fala.

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* {{Naruto}}: Kiba and Akamaru.
** The entire Inuzuka clan. The name means "dog soldiers".
* ''WolfsRain'': Quent Yaiden and Blue.
* Fate and Arf in the first season of ''MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha''. Not so much in later seasons, which has Arf both spending less time in her [[BigBadassWolf wolf form]] and spending less time together with Fate.
* {{Casshern}} travels with his dog partner Friender. Friender was originally the family dog - brave and fierce, who got killed, but was revived as a trusted companion. Friender can become a tank, car, jet, or a submarine, and can breathe fire. He is the inspiration of [[Game/MegaMan Rush]].

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* [[TheWonderfulWizardOfOz Dorothy]] has Toto.
* The chaps of ''ThreeMeninaBoat'' have the canine delinquent Montmorency.
* The Dog in the orginal I Am Legend short story is a notable subversion, the survivor tries to tame a feral dog into his companion. he appears to succeed in getting the dog to take food from him, and then you find out the dog died two weeks later due to illnesses.
* [[TheDresdenFiles Harry's]] dog Mouse goes all sorts of places dogs don't usually go.
* [[OldKingdom Lirael]] has the Disreputable Dog. [[GodWasMyCopilot Kinda.]]
* Haplo, AntiHero of the DeathGateCycle, has a dog that goes ''everywhere'' with him, even when this defies all logic or common sense. [[spoiler: It turns out that the dog, unknown to everyone, is actually a magical manifestation of Haplo's soul.]]
* In TheSilmarillion story of Beren and Luthien, the title characters are accompanied on their adventures by the wolfhound Huan.
* Oleg Divov's ''The Dog Master'' features an entire paramilitary organization where specially-equipped soldiers hunt zombie-like creatures with their dogs. They are led by the titular Dog Master. [[spoiler:Neither the dogs nor their masters survive the final battle with the zombies]].
** What is it with Divov and dogs? One of the good guys in Divov's 'Night Watcher' has an insanely awesome [[spoiler:vampire]]-hunting dog named Gray.
* In JohnCWright's ''The Golden Transcedence'', Phaethon populates the bridge with mannequins of famous explorers. Including the dog of one such explorer, because it was just not right to have that man without his dog.
* ASongOfIceAndFire has the Stark kids and their [[BigBadassWolf direwolves]]

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* In ''Gypsy'', Rose has Chowsie.

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* BobAndGeorge [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/020120c Mega Man assumes he has this]]

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* [[TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy Mandy]] has Saliva.

A dog who travels with a character wherever he or she goes (and it's more often a she, despite the proverb "a dog is a man's best friend"). This may be anything from a MisterMuffykins to a NonHumanSidekick.

** Writer Mark Evanier once pointed out that Groo couldn't have a human sidekick unless that sidekick was stupider than Groo, but a dog that would always see him as smart and heroic would be ideal.

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* ''DeadlyPremonition'' has Forrest Kaysen's dalmation Willie, who is exceptionally good at tracking down missing people.

* {{Casshern}} travels with his dog partner Friender. Friender was originally the family dog - brave and fierce, who got killed, but was revived as a trusted companion. Friender can become a tank, car, jet, or a submarine, and can breath fire. He is the inspiration of [[Game/MegaMan Rush]].