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* In ''LightNovel/RebuildWorld'', The largest of the cannon dogs Akira encounters is so huge that it dwarfs the nearby buildings. Akira is barely as large as its pupil, and he empties his clip in a panic on Alpha's orders in a desperate but successful attempt to kill it.

* In ''LightNovel/WoofWoofStory'', the main character is reincarnated into a puppy who is adopted by a wealthy noble girl in a fantasy world after he died of overwork as a Japanese salaryman. This was after a goddess apparently granted his wish to be reborn as a pet to live an easy life. The first hint that he's not a normal dog is when he looks in a mirror and realizes that he is ''much'' larger than his owner after only one month after his adoption.

* ''ComicBook/TheSandman'' had the giant dog Martin Tenbones, about the size of a small car, originally the [[ImaginaryFriend imaginary playmate]] of Barbie, the protagonist of the ''A Game of You'' arc, but who came into the waking world to try to warn her about the arc's villian, giving her The Porpentine, a magical amulet, before [[spoiler: he was shot and killed by the authorities]] Despite being a BigFriendlyDog, upon his appearance he terrified an itinerant woman half to death.

* King [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Cesar/Seesar/Shisha/Shiisa]] from the ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' movies. Maybe.

* ''LightNovel/SpiceAndWolf'': Holo is a harvest deity whose true form is a very, VERY large wolf.

* The Literature/{{Space Wol|f}}ves of ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' ride giant wolves called [[https://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Fenrisian_Wolf Fenrisian Wolves]] (named after their homeworld). How giant? They can take a ''seven-foot-tall'' Viking SpaceMarine in PoweredArmor to ride and some reach the size of a [[AwesomePersonnelCarrier Rhino tank]], ([[UpToEleven whose carrying capacity is ten of the aforementioned]] PoweredArmor-wearing {{Space Marine}}s).

* ''Film/ThorRagnarok'' has Fenris, a gender-swapped version of Fenrir (see Comics section). She's as tall as a building and wide enough to take up the entire Rainbow Bridge. During the finale, she ends up [[CoolVersusAwesome having a brutal battle with the Hulk]]. Notably, she's big and powerful enough to make the Hulk bleed -- something few people, aside from [[Film/TheIncredibleHulk The Abomination]], has ever been able to do.

* Tibetan mastiffs can easily outgrow humans, with a squatting mastiff at the same height of a human adult. Which makes sense, as these animals are reportedly the result of cross-breeding wolfhounds with lion DNA.

* Creator/RogerZelazny's ''Literature/ThisImmortal'' has Bortan, Conrad's dog he once found as a puppy and reared, never imagining it would grow as big as a horse -- with plates at his sides and other mutations -- or live for as long as thirty years and counting. If not for natural causes (mutation through radiation), Bortan would qualify as a {{Hellhound}}, and Conrad even calls him one repeatedly.

Compare PreciousPuppies, {{Hellhound}}, and CuteGiant.

* Wally the werewolf in ''Webcomic/ZebraGirl'' is much larger in canine form than an ordinary wolf.
* The Sarghress from ''Webcomic/{{Drowtales}}'' breed extra large riding wolves.
* In ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', Hinjo's mount Argent is a rather oversized dog/wolf. Also subverted when Belkar gets a [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0140.html riding dog]].

* The Literature/{{Space Wol|f}}ves of ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' ride giant wolves called [[https://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Fenrisian_Wolf Fenrisian Wolves]] (named after their homeworld). How giant? They can take a ''seven-foot-tall'' Viking SpaceMarine in PoweredArmor to ride and some reach the size of a [[AwesomePersonnelCarrier Rhino]], ([[UpToEleven whose carrying capacity is ten of the aforementioned]] PoweredArmor-wearing {{Space Marine}}s).

* The Literature/{{Space Wol|f}}ves of ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' ride giant wolves. How giant? They can take a seven-foot-tall Viking SpaceMarine in PoweredArmor to ride and some reach the size of a [[AwesomePersonnelCarrier Rhino]], ([[UpToEleven whose carrying capacity is ten of the aforementioned]] PoweredArmor-wearing {{Space Marine}}s).

* ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'': The Zinogre, a LightningBruiser who was the only Fanged Wyvern in the series before ''World.'' It's a huge, fast and agile electric wolf.

* ''Anime/MaiHime'': Natsuki Kuga's [[AttackAnimal CHILD]], Duran, is a pretty large mecha-wolf she can ride on. [[spoiler:During her climatic fight with Shizuru Fujino, whose CHILD is a kaiju-sized hydra-octopus, Natsuki's Duran grows into a massive wolf of equal size.]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Wolfwalkers}}'', adult [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Wolfwalkers]] are huge in their wolf forms, standing eye-to-eye with grown men. Meanwhile, child Wolfwalkers like Mebh are about the same size as an average wolf.

* Kotarou's full beast form in ''Manga/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]]. 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]].

* ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' has the Great Grey Wolf Sif, a giant wolf that wields a giant sword. In the DLC, which takes place centuries in the past, you can meet Sif as a puppy, and they are still slightly larger than a fully grown normal wolf. ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsIII'' has the Greatwolves of the Painted World, which are just as massive as Sif. One is the RightHandAttackDog of the Champion's Gravetender and serves as one half of a DualBoss fight against the both of them. The "regular" wolves found in the DLC count as well, with the pack leaders being the size of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bWF0dbZTIQ horses]].

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* ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'':
** Dobermon is a giant doberman pinscher digimon. In ''Anime/DigimonTamers'' it's accompanied by a human partner, 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.
** Gabumon's evolved form, [[http://digimon.wikia.com/wiki/Garurumon Garurumon]], is a wolf big enough to be ridden with no problem.
** There's the shiba dog, [[http://vodpod.com/watch/2802367-digimon-data-squad-gaomon-digivolve-to-gaogamon Gaogamon]], in ''Anime/DigimonSavers''.
** [[http://digimon.wikia.com/wiki/Seasarmon Seasarmon]], the lion-dog digimon, and [[http://digimon.wikia.com/wiki/Caturamon Caturamon]] the Dog-deva digimon.
** [[http://digimon.wikia.com/wiki/Cerberumon Cerberumon]] is another big dog Digimon based on Cerberus of Greek myth; it can evolve from all of the above except Gaogamon.

* ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'': The Zinogre a LightningBruiser who happens to be the only Fanged Wyvern in the series. He is a huge, fast and agile electric wolf.

* ''Film/ThorRagnarok'' has Fenris, a gender-swapped version of Fenrir (see Comics section). She's as tall as a building and wide enough to take up the entire Rainbow Bridge. During the finale, she ends up [[CoolVersusAwesome having a brutal battle with the Hulk]]. Notably, she's big and powerful enough to make the Hulk bleed -- something nobody, including Thor and ''ComicBook/{{Thanos}}'', has ever been able to do.