This is a list of fictional dogs in live-action television and is a subsidiary to the list of fictional dogs. It is a collection of various non-animated dogs in television.
| Name | Breed | TV program | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allen | Pug | The King of Queens | Spence's dog; about a parcel delivery man whose father-in-law comes to stay with his family in Queens, New York. |
| Apollo and Zeus | Doberman Pinscher | Magnum-P.I. | Guard dogs of the estate called Robin's Nest; about a private detective who lives on the estate. |
| Apollo | Jim Henson's Pajanimals | A dog who loves science and riding on rocket ships. | |
| Arlo | Yellow Lab | Brooklyn Nine-Nine | Rosa Diaz's dog. |
| Arnold | Pit Bull American | Life Goes On | The family dog, about the problems and joys of a family one of whose members has Down syndrome. |
| Arnold | Rottweiler | Entourage | Turtle's dog, about the life of an actor trying to find success. |
| Asta | Wire Fox Terrier | The Thin Man | The Charles' dog; about a couple who solve murders while their dog is usually underfoot. |
| Audrey | Cairn Terrier | Neighbours (Australian) | The Kennedy's dog; about people who live and work in a fictional suburb of Melbourne. Joined the show in 2001 and departed in 2011, following the death of the dog who portrayed her.[1] |
| Backup | Pit Bull | Veronica Mars | Veronica's dog, about a high school girl who solves mysteries. |
| Bandit | Bulldog | Little House on the Prairie | The family's second dog in the books and the TV series. |
| Barkley | Sheepdog | Sesame Street | |
| Bear | Belgian Shepherd | Person of Interest | Reese's dog, about a former CIA agent who is recruited by a reclusive billionaire to prevent violent crimes. |
| Belle | Pyrenean Mountain Dog | Belle et Sébastien | Broadcast in France and later in England, about a six-year-old boy named Sebastien and his dog. |
| Bijou | Jack Russell Terrier | Hooperman | Harry's mean dog, about a plainclothes policeman and his girlfriend in San Francisco. |
| Blacktoe[2] | German Shepherd | Star Trek: The Next Generation | Captain Riker's dog; about the starship Enterprise and its crew. |
| Bismarck | Dachshund | Checkmate | Dr. Hyatt's dog; about the detective agency Checkmate, Inc. run by Don Corey and his partner who solves mysteries. |
| Bobientje | Old English Sheepdog | Samson en Gert | Samson's love interest who was an unseen character throughout most of the series, but was finally shown in the duo's first film Hotel op Stelten, where she basically looks just like Samson, only with a ribbon in her hair. |
| Boomer | mixed breed terrier | Here's Boomer | In the TV series; about a stray dog that travels around helping people in trouble. |
| Boots | mixed breed | Emergency! | Squad 51's mascot; about two specially trained firefighters who were part of the then innovative field of paramedics. |
| Bossy | Australian Kelpie | Neighbours (Australian) | Introduced in April 2012 as a replacement for Audrey who died in 2011.[3] |
| Bouncer | Labrador Retriever | Neighbours (Australian) | Toby's dog; about three families who are friends living on a cu-de-sac. |
| Bouton | Mixed Breed | Outlander | Small dog owned by Mother Hildegarde, who trained him to sniff out illness in the hospital where she worked. Bouton means button in French. |
| Brandon | Golden Retriever | Punky Brewster | Punky's pet; about a girl named Punky Brewster being raised by her foster parent. |
| Brown | Blackmouth Cur | The Westerner | Dave dog; about a basically decent, ordinary man who was handy with a gun. |
| Buck | Briard | Married... with Children | The family dog; about the lives of a hard luck salesman, his obnoxious wife, and their two children. (Later replaced by Lucky.) |
| Bullet | German Shepherd | The Roy Rogers Show | Roy's dog; about a rancher and friends doing good. |
| Buster | Beagle | The Wonder Years | Kevin's dog; a look back at growing up during the 60s when the turbulent social times made growing up an unusual experience. |
| Canolli | Sheepdog | B Positive | Gina's dog; a show about a woman donating her kidney to save her long-lost friend's life. |
| Celine | Chihuahua | Summer Heights High (Australian ) | Mr. G's dog; lampooning Australian high school life from the viewpoints of three students. |
| Chamsky | Bulldog | Everybody Loves Raymond | Robert's dog; about Raymond and his family and his insecure brother dominating mother and crude father. |
| Charlie the Wonder Dog | Golden Retriever | The Late Show (Australian) | A Lassie-like character; a parody of other fictitious animal shows. |
| Cheddar | Pembroke Welsh Corgi | Brooklyn Nine-Nine | Captain Holt and his husband, Kevin's, dog; a police sitcom about the detectives of Brooklyn's 99th precinct. |
| Chester | Pomeranian | The Nanny | C.C. Babcocok's dog; about a woman who becomes a nanny for three children of a Broadway producer. |
| Cinnamon | Yorkshire Terrier | The Big Bang Theory | Raj's dog; about four geeks and a girl in humorous situations. |
| Claude | Poodle | The Beverly Hillbillies | Mrs. Drysdale's pampered pooch; about a poor backwoods family transplanted to Beverly Hills after striking oil on their land. |
| Cleo[4][5] | Basset Hound | The People's Choice | "Sock" Miller's dog; about an ex-Marine and politician whose dog voice his master's dilemmas. (Owned by Jackie Cooper.) |
| Coco | mixed breed | The Donna Reed Show | Donna's pet, about the humorous situations and problems of a middle-class family in the late 1950s and early 1960s. |
| Colin | Miniature Schnauzer | Spaced (British) | Daisy and Tim's dog; about two Londoners who meet by chance while flat-hunting. |
| Comet | Golden Retriever | Full House | The family dog; about a man who raises his three daughters in a house he shares with two adult male friends. |
| Diefenbaker (aka Dief) | Wolf-dog Hybrid | Due South | The Montie's dog, about the adventures of a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police based in Chicago. |
| Digby | Golden Retriever | Pushing Daisies | Olive's dog; about a pie-maker with the ability to bring dead things back to life for one minute with his touch. |
| Digger | Labrador Retriever | Big Barn Farm (British) | One of the four animal friends for children; about the farmyard animals and exploring their friendships. |
| Djinn Djinn | Havanese | I Dream of Jeannie | Jeannie's dog; about a United States astronaut who finds his life vastly complicated by his genie companion. |
| Doc | mixed breed | Grey's Anatomy | About the lives of surgical interns and residents as they gradually evolve into seasoned doctors. |
| Dog | mixed breed (dog actor Higgins) | Petticoat Junction | The girls' canine companion; about the misadventures of the family staff of The Shady Rest Hotel and their neighbor. |
| Dog | Basset Hound | Columbo | Columbo's dog; about an unkempt but clever police detective. |
| Doug | Chihuahua | The Sarah Silverman Program | Sarah's dog; about an unemployed and childlike, irresponsible woman who often insulting friends, family, and total strangers. |
| Dragon | Shape shifting Dragon | Wizards of Waverly Place | Dragon was a dragon who shape shifted into the form of a dog when living in the human world. |
| Dreyfuss | St. Bernard/ Golden Retriever mix | Empty Nest | The family dog; about a father living with his two self-supporting daughters. |
| Duke | Bloodhound | The Beverly Hillbillies | The family dog; about a poor backwoods family transplanted to Beverly Hills California after striking oil on their land. |
| Eddie | Jack Russell Terrier | Frasier | Martin's dog in the TV series, a sitcom about a psychiatrist with a radio show who lives with his father. (Played by Moose and Enzo.) |
| Eddie McDowd | Australian Shepherd/Siberian Husky | 100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd | The transformation of Eddie in the TV series; about a schoolyard bully who is turned into a dog for his bad behavior. |
| Fang | Briard | Get Smart | Agent Smart's dog; a bumbling secret agent. |
| Fearless | Providence | Pet dog of Dr. Jim Hansen, a warm-hearted veterinarian who runs a clinic in his basement. | |
| Flash | Basset Hound | The Dukes of Hazzard | Rosco's loyal companion; about two cousins living in a rural Georgia racing around in their customized 1969 Dodge Charger. |
| Fleegle | actor in dog costume | The Banana Splits | The guitar player; an hour-long packaged television variety program featuring a fictional rock band composed of four costumed funny animal characters. |
| Freeway | Löwchen | Hart to Hart | The Hart's dog; about a self-made millionaire and beautiful freelance journalist who spend their free time as amateur detectives. |
| Happy | Terrier mix | 7th Heaven | The family dog; about the daily lives of a minister father and his family. |
| Henry | Basset Hound | Emergency! | Lived on the sofa in the station. |
| Hobo (aka London) | German Shepherd / Siberian Husky | The Littlest Hobo | About a stray dog who wanders from town to town helping people. |
| Ivanna | Pomeranian | The Suite Life of Zack & Cody | London Tipton's dog. |
| Jack | Sheepdog mix | Little House on the Prairie | The family's first dog in the books and the TV series. |
| Jeb | Redbone Coonhound | VR Troopers | Ryan's dog; about three young men in virtual reality. |
| Jim | Brussels Griffon | Mike & Molly | Margaret Bigg's dog. |
| Joe | German Shepherd | Run, Joe, Run | Sgt. Corey's dog who is on the run. |
| Jupiter | Great Dane | I Dream of Jeannie | General Peterson's dog. |
| K9 | Robot | Doctor Who | K9 had several incarnations over the course of the show and was most notably the constant companion of Sarah Jane Smith who was the Fourth Doctor's Companion in the Doctor Who series. |
| Krypto/Shelby and Krypto[4][6] | Extraterrestrial; a Labrador Retriever in the animated series | Smallville and Krypto the Superdog | Clark Kent's dog / Superman's dog. |
| Lassie | Rough Collie | Lassie (1954 TV series) | Lassie lived on a family farm. Originally, the pet dog of 11-year-old Jeff Miller, Lassie later belonged to seven-year-old Timmy Martin. |
| Liene | Labrador Retriever | JC 9 | Vicky's dog 24/7. |
| Lucky | American Cocker Spaniel | Married... with Children | Lucky replaced the dog Buck of the earlier episodes. |
| Marlowe | Anatolian shepherd | Simon & Simon | Rick Simon's dog, named after the famous detective Philip Marlowe. |
| Martin | mixed breed | Downward Dog | About a dog who narrates his life with his beloved owner Nan. |
| Maximillion | German Shepherd | The Bionic Woman | A bionic enhanced laboratory test animal rescued by Jaime Sommers. |
| Murray | Collie-shepherd mix | Mad About You | Family dog. |
| Neil | St. Bernard | Topper | The ghost of a dog who died attempting to save George and Marion Kerby from an avalanche. Neil was very fond of martinis. |
| Nero | Yorkshire Terrier | F.C. De Kampioenen | Carmen Waterslaeghers' pet dog. She named him after the Belgian comic book character Nero. |
| Old Pop | Australian Shepherd | Big Barn Farm | |
| Pierrot | Poodle | Designing Women | Lori's dog; about a sportswriter and a fashion-designer who marry after a whirlwind romance and discover they have little in common. |
| Pippin | mixed breed | Come Outside | Auntie Mabel's pet dog. |
| Porthos | Beagle | Star Trek: Enterprise | Captain Jonathan Archer's dog. |
| Pouch | Mutt | Chicago Fire | Dog kept at the quarters of Engine Co. 51 |
| Queequeg | Pomeranian | The X-Files | Scully's dog, taken in after "Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose." |
| Rabito | Various | Carrusel and Carrossel | Mario Ayala's pet dog. |
| Redbeard | Irish Setter | Sherlock | Modernised Sherlock Holmes' memory of his childhood best friend. |
| Rin Tin Tin | German Shepherd | The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin | Rin Tin Tin and an orphan called Rusty living on a US cavalry post helped establish order in the Wild West. |
| Rex | German Shepherd | Inspector Rex | About a team of German policemen and their dog solving crimes. |
| Roger | mixed breed | The Durrells | Gerry's dog; about an English family trying to survive on the Greek island of Corfu in the late 1930s; based on Gerald Durrell's three autobiographical books. |
| Rollo | Irish Wolfhound/Wolf mix | Outlander | Young Ian Murray's dog. He won him in a game of dice. |
| Roly | Poodle | EastEnders | Sharon's dog; about the people of in a fictional London Borough. |
| Rowlf the Dog | Mutt | The Muppet Show | One of the first Muppet characters, a scruffy brown dog with a rounded black nose and long floppy ears. He was created (and originally performed and voiced) by Jim Henson. Rowlf is the Muppet Theatre's resident pianist. |
| Samson | Old English Sheepdog | Samson en Gert | A puppet dog in a popular Flemish children's TV show who has a habit of mispronouncing words. |
| Schatzi | Dachshund | That '70s Show | Red Forman gave Schatzi to his wife Kitty to help her through menopause. Schatzi means 'little treasure' in German. |
| Schmeichel | Great Dane | Coronation Street | Great Dane owned by Chesney Brown from 2004 to 2011 and named after the Manchester United footballer Peter Schmeichel. |
| Scruffy | Possibly a Yorkshire Terrier | Ghost and Mrs Muir | Owned by The Muir Family, TV Series, based on the earlier movie. |
| Spark | Boxer | Pup Academy | Stray puppy who is one of the main characters; a show about a secret academy for puppies. |
| Speedy | Golden Retriever | The Drew Carey Show | Drew's dog; about the daily life of a guy and his friends. |
| Spunky | Mixed breed terrier | Happy Days | Fonzie's dog; Dr. Joyce Brothers pops in to help cure his mental woes. |
| Stan | Border Collie mix | Dog with a Blog | Talking dog (who runs an online blog) who is a pet of the James-Jennings family. |
| Stella | French Bulldog | Modern Family | Jay Prichett's dog. She was originally played by Brigitte in seasons 2 & 3, and replaced by Beatrice in season 4. |
| Stinky and Nunzio | Briard mix and Corgi | Dharma and Greg | Dharma's dogs. |
| Sweep | Sooty | A glove gray puppet dog | |
| Tiger | Bearded Collie | The Brady Bunch | Main character. |
| Thouser | Unknown | Kamen Rider Zero-One | Gai Amatsu' robotic dog. |
| Tramp | Sheep Dog | My Three Sons | Main character. |
| Vincent | Yellow Labrador retriever | Lost | Walt's dog, originally owned by Walt's stepfather. Vincent is considered the only[citation needed] confirmed survivor on Lost. |
| Wellard | Belgian Tervuren | EastEnders | Robbie's dog; about the people of in a fictional London Borough. |
| Whitie | Boston Blackie | The pet that accompanied private detective Boston Blackie and lady friend Mary Wesley, in 1950s Los Angeles. | |
| Wishbone | Jack Russell Terrier | Wishbone | The main character, portrayed by Soccer and voiced by Larry Brantley. A well-read dog who sees parallels between classic literature and the dilemmas he and his human friends face every day. |
| Yukon King | Alaskan Husky | Sergeant Preston of the Yukon | A Monty and his dog fight villains in the Northern wilderness during the 1890s. |