Angry Guard Dog / Video Games

• Played with in Bayonetta 2 with the Lethal Joke Item, the Chain Chomp. Just like in its own franchise, it'll bark and act like a dog, including being the only weapon Bayonetta has that will attack on its own, occasionally biting enemies (or treasure chests or even stray cats) in order to protect its new owner.
• Command & Conquer: Red Alert: The Soviets have Attack Dogs, whose main purpose is sniffing out spies and murdering infantry. They become Demonic Spiders when controlled by the AI since they one-hit kill all infantry, and because units have very short reaction ranges it's entirely possible for a dog to lunge and kill two or three infantrymen before being shot down. Even worse on levels with Tanya, who doesn't auto-acquire enemies and thus needs to manually target dogs, who tend to be able to lunge faster than they can be clicked on.
• In Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2, both the Allied and the Soviets have attack dogs (German Shepherds and Russian Huskies, respectively) and both are excellent scouts and able to maul most infantry to death. Some mods also give the Yuri faction its own attack dog; these are usually mutated and have poisonous bites on top of their bad temper.
• In Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3, the Allied scout unit is the Attack Dog, a German Shepherd capable of killing infantry with its bite or paralyzing them with its amplified bark. Not to be outdone, the Soviets deploy Angry Guard Bears.
• Crisis Beat has attack dogs showing up early in the game, near the elevator stage. They're rare enough to count as unique enemies however — they can only be fought by players using Eiji or Julia (anyone using Keneth or Yan will take a dog-less alternate route instead) and they show up in precisely one area in the whole game.
• A very strange alien being that functions as a guard dog appears in the horror adventure game Dark Seed, in the game's Dark World. It guards a bridge and has to be lured away by throwing a stick for it to fetch.
• Dark Judgement (a Korean Beat 'em Up game) have guard dogs in military compounds as mooks which the player can beat up.
• Several Deus Ex missions, starting with the first Hell's Kitchen mission, feature Dobermans - they are always trained attack dogs on patrol.
• The Dig:
  • An alien variant is revived to prevent anyone entering the tomb of the Inventor. The way to get rid of it is somewhat counter-intuitive.
  • Another one shows up right near the end once you open the Eye. In this case, the way to deal with it is rather obvious.
• Dishonored has Wolfhounds. In the Kennels, there's a sick hound named Voracious who will attack the patrols and other hounds if released.
• In Dragon Age II, Aggressive!Hawke can turn his/her Mabari into one of these. During Act III, a burglar will sneak into the Hawke estate and is cornered in a wardrobe by Dog. Aggressive!Hawke can order Dog to devour the burglar. Fade to Black over the burglar's bloodcurdling screams as he's torn apart.
• The first level of Earthworm Jim, set in a garbage dump, has spinning balls of fury next to doghouses which are these.
• The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion: Oddly used and subverted. Occasionally bandits will have guard dogs who sit around barking to themselves, even if you are covered in blood from their owner. They only seem to turn hostile when their owner does.
• In The Escapists 2, each prison has kennels holding guard dogs. They are first released when the Wanted Meter reaches 2 stars, and come out in full force during a lockdown. They can run faster than inmates and cannot be stopped. Mess with them and you'll be mauled.
• Freddi Fish:
  • The Junkyard Dogfish, in the first game The Case of the Missing Kelp Seeds, who guards the Junkyard, and won't let Freddi and Luther in unless they give him a bone first.
  • The Junkyard Dogfish reappears Maze Madness as a regular enemy in the game's later stages.
  • Marty's dogfish from The Case of the Creature of Coral Cove Similar to the Junkyard Dogfish, Freddi and Luther can bribe him using his rubber ducky chew toy to get out of their way.
• GunFu Fighter have occasional attack dog mooks who can chew your health away. They are somehow more durable than human enemies.
• Hotline Miami : A few levels in, the Russians start getting Dobermans to patrol the area. If they spot you, they will pounce fast, so grab the closest melee weapon (since they're immune to normal bare-fisted attacks) and swing for your life.
• INSIDE (2016) has dogs as common threats throughout the game. If you see or hear a dog, prepare to run like hell. They are fast, fierce, persistent, and they want you dead. One section of the game requires you to yank wooden boards off of a doorway in order to get through, all while avoiding three dogs by climbing over a nearby wire fence just before they reach you, to trick them into running back and around to the other side of the fence. Their speed and ferocity ensures that you can only remove one board at a time, though.
• The Castle of the Crown in King's Quest VI (and The Silver Lining) is guarded by a regiment of bipedal, talking dogs. They take any threat to the royal family very seriously. However, Captain of the Guards Saladin is a Reasonable Authority Figure.
• Mass Effect 2:
  • The game features FENRIS mechs, essentially dog-shaped Mecha-Mooks.
  • Also, series-wide is the varren, which makes the nastiest dog in the world look like a Shih Tzu, being a dog-lizard alien creature with huge fangs. They're especially promenant in the second game, thanks to the Blood Pack making heavy use of them as guard beasts and food.
• Mean Santa: Later houses have a dog sleeping in them. The dog will wake up and chase Santa, biting him if it catches him.
• Medal of Honor has the German forces use those against the player.
• The Mental Series has one of these as an obstacle. Greg must take it out with his slingshot before you can move on.
• In Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater there are guard dogs around the Russian base that Naked Snake can kill.
• Big Dog from Nuclear Throne, a three-headed hellhound that lies at the end of the Scrapyard area.
• Paperboy: Break the window of a house where a dog lives, and he'll start barking furiously and chase after you.
• In Resident Evil, the MA- 93 "Cerberus" was intended to be one of these by the Umbrella Corporation. The various types of infected canines encountered throughout the franchise serve as this, sometimes with a human handler and other times patrolling an area looking for victims to maim.
• The Secret of Monkey Island: The test of Thievery involves sneaking into Governor Marley's mansion, which involves figuring out a way past a pack of "vicious piranha poodles" guarding the front entrance.
• Runner from Septerra Core. He's a robot dog built by Grubb, and joins your party when Grubb does. Other dogs bare their teeth; Runner bares a beam cannon.
• Shaw's Nightmare features several of these.
• The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Juggernauts: In the Kwik-E-Mart Doggie Dodge, Bart has to avoid angry dogs in order to get into the Kwi-E-Mart and order a special shake.
• The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Space Mutants: If you use the whistle incorrectly, a dog will appear and attack you.
• Spyro the Dragon (1998): Sleeping Dogs are enemies found in Toasty's boss level. They are usually found asleep, but if Spyro gets near them or attacks them, they jumps to life and briefly barks before attacking via Belly Flop Crushing. They are usually accompanied by either Shepherds or Toasty himself are one of the few enemy types that can take more than one hit.
• Super Mario Bros.:
  • The recurring Chain Chomp enemy, first seen in Super Mario Bros. 3, is an unusual variant, looking like a black metal ball with teeth, but acting and sounding like a angry dog on a chain leash. Its original Japanese name, "Wanwan", is even an onomatopoeia for a dog's bark. Its behavior was famously based on an incident from Shigeru Miyamoto's childhood where a dog lunged at him to bite him but was held back inches from his face by a chain.
  • Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story has Broggy, the dog of the shopkeeper Broque Monsieur. Initially annoyed enough that it was willing to take on Bowser in a Boss Battle, you actually get to walk this dog after collecting all the Blitties... translated as a new Special Attack for the rest of the game involving him and fifteen kittens swarming the enemies/bosses. It looks hilarious. ^note This is the first time this series has used an actual dog, as the role is usually played by the Chain Chomp enemy (complete with barks). Broggy's more of a giant ? Block with a dog's face and personality though.
  • Paper Mario: The Origami King:
    • Princess, the guard Chain Chomp at Shogun Studios, is a subversion. She's introduced as an angry, snarling guard dog that prevents you from proceeding past her, but she's actually just hungry — once she's had her dinner, she's an affectionate sweetheart. Her keep still tells you to count your fingers before and after when you pet her, though.
    • Stapler is portrayed as a rabid dog whom the Big Bad sends out against you as you raid his castle, with its staples being akin to a dog's teeth. Unlike the rest of the bosses, who are quite talkative, it only makes dog-like barks and snarls.
• Tick Tock Isle has a dog that blocks paths at various points and growls when approached. It can be bribed away with a squeaky bone. When Strike returns to 2009, the dog manages to block both exits from the top floor. Also, Pen uses it to threaten Strike during the final interrogation.
• TinkerQuarry: Invoked with Staya. He's a mechanical toy dog with clock parts, and he wants to keep everyone from leaving the Dollhouse. Considering his clock parts, you could say he's a literal watchdog.
• Toe Jam And Earl in Panic on Funkotron: The game features an old lady and her poodles as enemies. The poodles start as dangerous, but if you capture the lady before them they turn into whirling balls of destruction.
• Uninvited features two dogs guarding the church that can lunge at your throat.
• Available in War Wind for the Marines after building a kennel. As you could suppose, it is not very useful on a planet inhabited by all kinds of monsters and alien races using heavy weaponry.
• World of Warcraft: take a wild guess what Houndmaster Loksey of the Scarlet Crusade does in his spare time. Other Crusaders sometimes have dogs accompanying them; they seem to have picked up the Knight Templar disposition of their owners.