Red dog or Red Dog may refer to:

Animals

Dhole The dhole (''Cuon alpinus''; ) is a canid native to Central, South, East and Southeast Asia. Other English names for the species include Asian wild dog, Asiatic wild dog, Indian wild dog, whistling dog, red dog, red wolf, and mountain wolf. It ...

, a canid species also called the red dog or Asiatic wild dog *

Red Dog (Pilbara) Red Dog (c. 197121 November 1979) was a kelpie/cattle dog cross that was well known for his travels through Western Australia's vast Pilbara region. Red Dog had a series of owners and lengthy periods travelling on his own, essentially becoming ...

, a dog who traveled Western Australia in the 1970s that became the basis for the novel "Red Dog" and the related film franchise.

Bars

Red Dog Saloon The Red Dog Saloon is a drinking establishment at 278 South Franklin Street in Juneau, Alaska, U.S. The Red Dog has been recognized by the Alaska Legislature for its longevity as the oldest man-made tourist attraction in Juneau. History Founde ...

, a bar in Juneau, Alaska * Red Dog Saloon (Virginia City, Nevada), a bar that played an important role in the history of the psychedelic music scene

Entertainment and media

Characters

* Red Dog (G.I. Joe), a fictional character in the G.I. Joe universe * Red Dog, a canine character in the ''Red Dog'' film series played by the Australian canine film actor Koko and that is based on the Pilbara wanderer.

Films

* ''Red Dog'' (film), a 2011 film adapted from de Bernières' novel ** '' Red Dog: True Blue'', a prequel to the 2011 film ** '' Koko: A Red Dog Story'', a spin-off documentary about the star of the 2011 film, ''Koko''

Games

* Red dog (card game), a card game found in some casinos * '' Red Dog: Superior Firepower'', a Dreamcast Vehicular combat game style shooter

Literature

* ''Red Dog'' (novel), a short novel by Louis de Bernières * "Red Dog" (Kipling short story), a Mowgli story by Rudyard Kipling * ''Red Dog'' (short story collection), a short story (and collection of anecdotes and poetry) by Nancy Gillespie

Music

* The Legendary Red Dog, nickname of

Joseph L. Campbell Joseph L. Campbell, also known as the Legendary Red Dog, (March 27, 1942 - February 21, 2011) was a roadie for the Allman Brothers Band at different times over a thirty-year span. He wrote ''The Legendary Red Dog: a Book of Tails'' about his years ...

, roadie for The Allman Brothers Band

Mining

Red Dog, California Red Dog (also known as Brooklyn or Brooklin) was a California gold rush mining town located in the Gold Country in south-central Nevada County, California, United States, northeast of Chicago Park. Red Dog Hill, a mine and campsite, was founde ...

, a mining ghost town *

Red Dog mine The Red Dog mine is a large zinc and lead mine in a remote region of Alaska, about north of Kotzebue, which is owned and operated by the Canadian mining company Teck Resources. It is located within the boundaries of the Red Dog Mine census-des ...

, Alaska * Red dog (coal

slag Slag is a by-product of smelting (pyrometallurgical) ores and used metals. Broadly, it can be classified as ferrous (by-products of processing iron and steel), ferroalloy (by-product of ferroalloy production) or non-ferrous/base metals (by-prod ...

), a byproduct of coal mining

Sports

Red dog (American football) In gridiron football, blitzing is a tactic used by the defense to disrupt pass attempts by the offense. During a blitz, a higher than usual number of defensive players will rush the opposing quarterback, in an attempt either to tackle him or ...

, a strategy of sending a player on a full-out defensive rush, known in the modern era as a blitz. * Red Dogs, the name given to fans of the Romanian football team

FC Dinamo București Fotbal Club Dinamo București (), commonly known as Dinamo București or simply Dinamo, is a Romanian professional association football, football club based in Bucharest. Founded in 1948, they have spent almost List of unrelegated association f ...

* Redd Dogg, a ring name used by professional wrestler

Rodney Begnaud Rodney Begnaud (born October 12, 1970) is an American professional wrestler and mixed martial artist, better known by the ring name Rodney Mack. He is signed to National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). He is best known for his time with WWE . Profess ...

Other uses

Operation Red Dog Operation Red Dog was the code name of an April 27, 1981 military filibustering plot by Canadian and American citizens, largely affiliated with white supremacist and Ku Klux Klan groups, to overthrow the government of Dominica, where they planne ...

, a planned invasion of Dominica, organized by American and Canadian Ku Klux Klan leaders in concert with former prime minister Patrick John *

Microsoft Azure Microsoft Azure, often referred to as Azure ( , ), is a cloud computing platform operated by Microsoft for application management via around the world-distributed data centers. Microsoft Azure has multiple capabilities such as software as a ...

, previously codenamed "Red Dog" * Red Dog (beer), an inexpensive beer produced by the Plank Road Brewery (Miller Brewing Co.) {{Disambiguation