History Main / BewareOfViciousDog

NOT [[SavageWolves a savage wolf]], though given his temperament, he may as well be.

* [[TheMafia Many]] [[TheTriadsAndTheTongs of]] [[TheMafiya the]] [[{{Yakuza}} notorious]] [[KosherNostra international]] [[TheCartel drug criminal]] [[TheSyndicate organizations]] tend to have their dogs trained and bred to fight and attack outside strangers and maul their enemies as part of their routine, making this trope even more noticed when you encounter any mobster carrying a dog. That's not to say, [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes even the most dangerous dogs have the strongest]] UndyingLoyalty to the mobsters and especially the mob boss, given that [[ScoundrelCode they are humans themselves and dogs are their best friends, even the savage ones]].

* [[TheMafia Many]] [[TheTriadsAndTheTongs of]] [[TheMafiya the]] [[{{Yakuza}} notorious]] [[KosherNostra international]] [[TheCartel drug criminal]] [[TheSyndicate organizations]] tend to have their dogs trained and bred to fight and attack outside strangers and maul their enemies as part of their routine, making this trope even more noticed when you encounter any mobster carrying a dog. That's not to say, even the most dangerous dogs have the strongest UndyingLoyalty to the mobsters and especially the mob boss, given that [[ScroundelCode they are humans themselves and dogs are their best friends, even the savage ones]].

* The 2015 horror film ''Night Of The Wild'' is about dogs in a peaceful town being affected by a strange green meteor that makes them BrainwashedAndCrazy. Led by a wolf-like dog, they all start turning on their human owners, and it's hinted in the DownerEnding that the meteor has affected other towns and dogs too.

The MisterMuffykins are usually a puppy oR small dog version of this, given their tendencies to get on everyone's nerves. Of course, like the aforementioned dogs, they can attack people, among other things.

The MisterMuffykins are usually a puppy version of this, given their tendencies to get on everyone's nerves. Of course, like the aforementioned dogs, these puppies can attack people, among other things.

[[DogsHateSquirrels Oftentimes they can launch on squirrels, if spotted.]]

The MisterMuffykins are usually a puppy version of this, given their nature to get on everyone's nerves. Of course, like the aforementioned dogs, these puppies can attack people, among other things.

The EvilCounterpart of the BigFriendlyDog. Very likely to be a RightHandAttackDog.

The EvilCounterpart of the BigFriendlyDog.

May be an AngryGuardDog or a BullyBulldog, although those types usually guard homes or properties. The Vicious Dog, on the other hand, is mean regardless of his size or breed and regardless of whether he's a pet/guard dog or not.

* In ''WesternAnimation/OliverAndCompany'', Sikes has two nasty dobermans, which he uses to intimidate Fagin and his dogs.

* In ''Discworld/MenAtArms'', Angua (a werewolf) and Gaspode (a TalkingAnimal) encounter the Dogs' Guild, a pack of angry dogs led by Big Fido, a vicious poodle. He likes to think of dogs as SavageWolves who need to rise up against humanity; Angua, who has actually ''met'' wolves, comments on how wrong he is about them.

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* Oscar the dog from ''WesternAnimation/KickButtowski''.

* In ''Disney/OliverAndCompany'', Sikes has two nasty dobermans, which he uses to intimidate Fagin and his dogs.

* Angry dogs are among the obstacles you must run away from in ''VideoGame/{{Inside}}''. If you see or hear one, ''run the hell away'', because they are fast, persistent, and want you dead. And since the player character is a defenseless little boy, you have no choice but to run away and avoid them.

* ''Series/Remington Steele'' plays with this in a season one episode when Laura and Murphy break into a suspect's house. Murphy, having seen the "Beware Dog" sign, is paranoid until he sees the old, lazy Bassett hound lying on an armchair.

* ''Literature/SurvivorDogs'' has the Fierce Dogs, a pack of Doberman pinschers always eager to fight someone (though there are some exceptions like Storm and Arrow).

* ''VideoGame/Fallout4'' has feral mongrels that behave a bit like a wolf pack, coming at you many at a time. Same goes for the raiders' dogs and the super mutants' mutant hounds, which send bone-chilling howls down your spine.

* In ''WesternAnimation/OliverAndCompany'', Sikes has two nasty dobermans, which he uses to intimidate Fagin and his dogs.

* Seen sometimes on Victoria Stillwell's dog-training program ''It's Me or the Dog''.