It is hard to deny that our media reflects our culture.
One example of this tendency is the presence of man's
best friend in television: as dogs are important parts
of our lives, they have become important in the shows
we watch. To document the vast presence of dogs in television,
we have compiled a list of several famous TV canines:
Anubis Cruger, the Supreme Commander of S.P.D. in Power
Rangers S.P.D.
Astro, the Great Dane in The Jetsons
Blue, the dog starring in the eponymously named
television show
Brandy Harrington, a mixed-breed dog starring in Disney's
Brandy and Mr. Whiskers
Buck, the Briard in Married... with Children
Celine, Mr. G's Chihuahua in Summer Heights High
Comet, the Tanner family's Golden Retriever in Full
House
Dash, the beagle in Turbo Dogs
Digby, Ned's Golden Retriever in Duke,
Jed's Bloodhound in The Beverly Hillbillies
Eddie, the Jack Russell Terrier seen on Frasier
Flash, The Basset Hound from The Dukes of Hazzard
Gromit, Wallace's dog from Wallace and Gromit
GT, the bulldog in Turbo Dogs
Happy, the mixed-breed Terrier in 7th Heaven
Ivana, London's Pomeranian in The Suite Life of
Zack & Cody
K-9, a '"caninoid" robot in Doctor Who
Krypto, the star of Krypto the Superdog
Lassie, the Rough Collie featured in the eponymously
named television show
The Liquidator, the canine supervillain in Disney's
Darkwing Duck
Lucky, the Cocker Spaniel in Married... with Children
Magenta, Blue's best friend in Blue's Clues
Mags, the American Cocker Spaniel in Turbo Dogs
Martha, the talking dog starring in Martha Speaks
Paul Anka, Lorelai's Polish Lowland Sheepdog on Gilmore
Girls
Poochini, the star of Poochini's Yard
Porthos, the Beagle owned by Captain Jonathan Archer
in Star Trek: Enterprise
Rex, the German Shepherd starring in Inspector
Rex
Roly, the poodle in EastEnders
Scooby, the Great Dane starring in the various Scooby-Doo
series
Scrappy, Scooby Doo's nephew in several Scooby-Doo
series
Seymour, Fry's dog in Futurama
Shelby, Clark's Golden Retriever in Smallville
Spike, the Bulldog in Tom and Jerry
Skits, one of the Lorraine family's pet dogs in Martha
Speaks
Stinkbert, the Terrier in Turbo Dogs Strut,
the Dachshund in Turbo Dogs
Tyke, Spike's son in Tom and Jerry
Ump, the German Shepherd in Turbo Dogs
Vincent, Walt's yellow Labrador Retriever in Lost
Wellard,
a Belgian Shepherd from EastEnders
Willy, a pug in EastEnders
Wishbone, the Jack Russell Terrier in the eponymously
named television show
Dog Gifts
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