History Main / CanisMajor

Related to BigFriendlyDog, EverythingsPreciousWithPuppies. Can overlap with {{Hellhound}}.

** Gabumon's evolved form, Garurumon, should also count - http://digimon.wikia.com/wiki/Garurumon
** There's also the shiba-inu dog, Gaogamon, in Digimon Data Squad - http://vodpod.com/watch/2802367-digimon-data-squad-gaomon-digivolve-to-gaogamon
** Seasarmon, the lion-dog digimon - http://digimon.wikia.com/wiki/Seasarmon, and Caturamon the Dog-deva digimon - http://digimon.wikia.com/wiki/Caturamon
** Cerberumon - http://digimon.wikia.com/wiki/Cerberumon

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* Dire wolves. Now extinct, probably fortunately for humans.
* Domestic dogs nowadays are larger than wild canids. The tallest are the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_wolfhound Irish wolfhound]] and the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Dane Great Dane]], and the most massive is the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Mastiff English Mastiff]]. For reference, these dogs can grow to the size (and, for the mastiff, ''weight'') of donkeys, and yes, they do get larger than dire wolves.
* Of the extant wild canids, wolves are the largest. Just how big they are can vary by region.

* In ''GunnerkriggCourt'', Reynardine's true form is that of a large fox, and Ysengrin is an even larger wolf.

* Fenrir's real form in ''MythicalDetectiveLokiRagnarok'', just as he is in NorseMythology.

* In TheDresdenFiles, Harry Dresden has Mouse, who starts out small enough to keep in his pocket and quickly grows to be...well...this.

** Though somewhat overlapping with BigBadassWolf, NorseMythology also has Fenrir[[hottip:*:(Fated to kill Odin)]], Sköll[[hottip:*:(Fated to consume Sól, aka the ''sun'')]], and Hati[[hottip:*:(Fated to consume Máni, aka the ''moon'')]]

* Spice and Wolf - Holo is a harvest diety whose true form is a very, VERY large wolf.

** ''OnePiece'' also featured a zombie Cerberus, and an entire squad of dog-riders in Enies Lobby. There was also wolf-man Jabura, and possibly Mr. 4's dog-gun Lassoo.

* In ''The Fairly Oddparents'' Timmy needs some enemy that would scare Catman enough to [[RivalsTeamUp team up with his rival]] Crimson Chin. Cosmo has one [[DumbassHasAPoint bright]] moment and summons a HumongousMecha Dog.

* Of the extant wild canids, wolves are the largest. Just how big they can vary by region.

* * Domestic dogs nowadays are larger than wild canids. The tallest are the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_wolfhound Irish wolfhound]] and the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Dane Great Dane]], and the most massive is the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Mastiff English Mastiff]]. For reference, these dogs can grow to the size (and, for the mastiff, ''weight'') of donkeys, and yes, they do get larger than dire wolves.

* ''QuestionableContent'' author Jeph Jaques is the proud owner of a Great Pyrenees, one of the huge breeds, named Shelby. Inevitably, she's appeared in his non-canon work a [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1661 couple]] [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1730 times]].

* In OrderOfTheStick, Hinjo's mount Ardent is a rather oversized dog/wolf. Also subverted when Belkar wishes for a [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0140.html riding dog]].

* [[http://rhapsodies.wpmorse.com/?m=20051019 Mitzi]] from {{Rhapsodies}}

** Her ([[WildChild non-San]]) children are quite a bit larger than normal wolves, and are implied to be ''young children''. SoYeah.

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* Digimon Tamers - Dobermon, a giant doberman pinscher digimon, accompanied by a human partner, is sent by the Digimon Sovereigns to assist the tamers in battling the D-reaper by giving them the ability to biomerge in the real world.

* Spice and Wolf - Holo is a harvest diety whose true form is a very, VERY large wolf.

* Kotarou's full beast form in ''MahouSenseiNegima''. The series also had a Cerberus, complete with the [[ShownTheirWork mane of snakes and dragon tail of the original Greek versions that most modern depictions omit]]. Of course, it didn't have the right number of heads, so Nodoka also theorizes that it might actually be [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthrus Orthrus]].

** Orthros, also of [[ClassicalMythology Greek Mythology]]. The hound of Geryon, Orthros had two heads and a snake for a tail.

* In the episode "Ace in Hole" in ''BatmanBeyond'' Terry (aka Batman) is locked in the dog fight ring with a vicious gigantic mutated mastiff.
* The ghost dog in ''DannyPhantom'' has the ability to grow several size its normal height whenever its threatened. Lots of destruction occurs.

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** St. Bernards can actually get even bigger.