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Arts and entertainment


Fictional entities

* Black Dog, a bio-robot in the 1982 Bulgarian animated science fiction film ''
The Treasure Planet ''Treasure Planet'' ( Bulgarian: ) is a 1982 Bulgarian animated science fiction film directed by Rumen Petkov and produced by the Sofia Animation Studio. The 62-minute movie is a science fiction adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's 1883 adventu ...
'' * The Black Dog, an inn in 2015–2016 British drama TV series '' The Coroner'' * Black Dog, a pirate in Robert Louis Stevenson's ''
Treasure Island ''Treasure Island'' (originally titled ''The Sea Cook: A Story for Boys''Hammond, J. R. 1984. "Treasure Island." In ''A Robert Louis Stevenson Companion'', Palgrave Macmillan Literary Companions. London: Palgrave Macmillan. .) is an adventure no ...
'' * Black Dogs, a group of students in the ''
Boarding School Juliet , also known as ''Juliet of Boarding School'', is a Japanese '' shōnen'' manga series written and illustrated by Yōsuke Kaneda. It began serialization in Kodansha's ''Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine'' in 2015, moved to '' Weekly Shōnen Magazin ...
'' manga series


Film and television

* ''Black Dog'' (film), a 1998 American film * '' Black Dog: Being A Teacher'', a 2019 South Korean television series * "Black Dog", a 2002 episode of the American TV series ''That '70s Show'' (season 5) * "Blackdog", a 2005 two-part episode of the British TV series '' The Commander'' season 2


Literature

* ''Black Dog'' (novel), by Stephen Booth, 2000 * ''
Black Dogs ''Black Dogs'' is a 1992 novel by the British author Ian McEwan. It concerns the aftermath of the Nazi era in Europe, and how the fall of the Berlin Wall in the late 1980s affected those who once saw Communism as a way forward for society. The ma ...
'', by Ian McEwan, 1992 * ''Black Dog'', a children's book by Levi Pinfold, winner of the 2013 Kate Greenaway Medal


Music

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The Black Dog (band) The Black Dog is a British electronic music group, founded in 1989 by Ken Downie along with Ed Handley and Andy Turner. The group are considered pioneering figures of techno's ruminative "home-listening" aesthetic in the early 1990s. Followin ...
, a British band, and their label Black Dog Productions * "Black Dog", a song by
Jesse Winchester James Ridout "Jesse" Winchester Jr. (May 17, 1944 – April 11, 2014) was an American-Canadian musician and songwriter. He was born and raised in the southern United States. Opposed to the Vietnam War, he moved to Canada in 1967 to avoid b ...
, 1970 * "Black Dog" (Led Zeppelin song), by Led Zeppelin, 1971 * "Black Dog" (Arlo Parks song), 2020 * "Black Dog", a song by Poster Children from the 1997 album ''
RTFM RTFM is an initialism and internet slang for the expression "read the fucking manual" – typically used to reply to a basic question where the answer is easily found in the documentation, user guide, owner's manual, man page, online hel ...
'' * "Black Dogs!", a song by Genesis Owusu from the 2021 album ''
Smiling with No Teeth ''Smiling with No Teeth'' is the debut studio album by Australian musician Genesis Owusu, released on 5 March 2021 through Ourness. The album features a guest appearance from Kirin J. Callinan and production from Callinan, Andrew Klippel, Dav ...
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Businesses and brands

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Black Dog Books (Australian publisher) Black Dog Books was an independent publisher and production house based in Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia. Since 2011 it is an imprint of Walker Books. It focuses on children's literature (as does the Walker Group) but publishes books in all gen ...
* Black Dog Books (American publisher) *
Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers Black Dog & Leventhal (and its imprint Tess Press) is a book publisher located in New York City. The company was founded by J.P. Leventhal in 1992 or 1993. It publishes general non-fiction but is best known for comprehensive illustrated informati ...
, an American publisher * Black Dog Publishing, a British publishing company *
Black Dog Institute __NOTOC__ The Black Dog Institute is a not-for-profit facility for diagnosis, treatment and prevention of mood disorders such as depression, anxiety and bipolar disorder. It was founded in 2002 by the UNSW School of Psychiatry Scientia Professor ...
, an Australian institute for the treatment of mood disorders such as depression *
Black Dog Scotch Whisky Black Dog is a brand of Scotch whisky that is bottled and marketed by United Spirits Limited (USL), a subsidiary of Diageo PLC. In 2013, Black Dog was reported to be the world's fastest growing Scotch whisky by volume, according to Internationa ...
, bottled and marketed by United Spirits Limited *
The Black Dog (restaurant) The Black Dog is a restaurant and tavern in Vineyard Haven on the island of Martha's Vineyard. The restaurant was founded in 1971 and became well known for its souvenir T-shirts featuring the logo of the eponymous black dog. They subsequently e ...
, on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, U.S. *
The Black Dog, Dublin The Black Dog was a prison in Newhall Market, now Cornmarket, in Dublin, Ireland. Built as a square tower and originally known as Browne's Castle, the site became a tavern and was in use as a prison from at least the 17th century. It was in use ...
, a former prison in Ireland * Black Dog Salvage, a salvage company in the 2012–2020 American reality TV series ''
Salvage Dawgs ''Salvage Dawgs'' is an American reality television series detailing the experiences of Mike Whiteside and Robert Kulp, co-owners of the architectural salvage store Black Dog Salvage, as they negotiate for bids on vintage architectural elements i ...
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Folklore and mythology

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Black dog (folklore) The black dog is a supernatural, spectral, or demonic entity originating from English folklore that has also been seen throughout Europe and the Americas. It is usually unnaturally large with glowing red or yellow eyes, is often connected with ...
, a spectral black dog from English folklore


Places

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Black Dog, Devon Black Dog is a village in Mid Devon, ten miles west of Tiverton and six miles north of Crediton. The village is on one of the highest ridges of land between Dartmoor and Exmoor, at an altitude of 656 feet.Ordnance Survey: Explorer map sheet ...
, England *
Black Dog Lake Black Dog Lake is a lake in Dakota County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The lake was named for Black Dog, a Sioux Indian. See also *List of lakes in Minnesota This is a list of lakes of Minnesota. Although promoted as the "Land of 10,000 ...
, in Minnesota, U.S. *
Blackdog Blackdog is a hamlet approximately 2 miles north of the city limits of Aberdeen, Scotland. The nearby area serves as a shooting ground,
, Aberdeen, Scotland *
Black Dog Halt railway station Black Dog Halt is a former railway station on the Chippenham and Calne line in Wiltshire, England. Originally created in 1863 as a private stop for Lord Lansdowne of Bowood House, it became a public request stop after the formation of Britis ...
, a former halt in Wiltshire, England


Other uses

* a dog with black fur *
Major depressive disorder Major depressive disorder (MDD), also known as clinical depression, is a mental disorder characterized by at least two weeks of pervasive low mood, low self-esteem, and loss of interest or pleasure in normally enjoyable activities. Intro ...
(the term ''black dog'' was coined by Samuel Johnson and popularised by Winston Churchill) *
Black dog (coin) A dog or a black dog was a coin in the Caribbean of Queen Anne of Great Britain, made of pewter or copper, typically worth 1½ pence or of a dollar. The name comes from the negative connotations of the word "dog," as they came from debased silver ...
, a coin in the Caribbean, starting under the reign of Queen Anne of Great Britain *
Black Dog (Osage chief) Black Dog (Osage, ''Manka-Chonka'', ca. 1780–1848) was a chief of the Hunkah band of the Osage Indians that lived in an area around present Baxter Springs, Kansas. In the fall of 1803, the band moved to the village of Pasuga (Big Cedar), present ...
(1780–1848), and the name of his son * Black Dog II, the son of Black Dog, a company commander of the Osage Battalion, an 1863–1865 Native American unit of the Confederate States Army *
BlackDog Blackdog is a hamlet approximately 2 miles north of the city limits of Aberdeen, Scotland. The nearby area serves as a shooting ground,
, a 2005 pocket-sized, self-contained computer


See also

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Black dog syndrome, a tendency for black dogs not to be adopted from animal shelters *
Anubis Anubis (; grc, Ἄνουβις), also known as Inpu, Inpw, Jnpw, or Anpu in Ancient Egyptian () is the god of death, mummification, embalming, the afterlife, cemeteries, tombs, and the Underworld, in ancient Egyptian religion, usually depict ...
, an ancient Egyptian god, depicted as a black canine or a man with a black canine head *
Hellhound A hellhound is a mythological hound that embodies a guardian or a servant of hell, the devil, or the underworld. Hellhounds occur in mythologies around the world, with the best known examples being Cerberus from Greek mythology, Garmr from N ...
, a supernatural dog in folklore {{disambiguation