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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'' * The Black Dog, an inn in 2015–2016 British drama TV series ''
The Coroner ''The Coroner'' is a BBC Birmingham drama series starring Claire Goose as Jane Kennedy, a coroner based in a fictional South Devon coastal town. Matt Bardock stars as Detective Sergeant Davey Higgins. On 2 March 2017, the BBC announced that ...
'' * 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 a ...
'' * Black Dogs, a group of students in the '' Boarding School Juliet'' manga series


Film and television

* ''The Black Dog'', a 1987 animated short film by Alison de Vere * ''Black Dog'' (1998 film), an American film * ''Black Dog'' (2024 film), a Chinese 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'', by Ian McEwan, 1992 * ''Black Dog'', a children's book by Levi Pinfold, winner of the 2013
Kate Greenaway Medal The Carnegie Medal for Illustration (until 2022 the Kate Greenaway Medal) is a British award that annually recognises "distinguished illustration in a book for children". It is conferred upon the illustrator by the Chartered Institute of Librar ...


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. Followi ...
, a pioneering British electronic music group * "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 ...
, 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 help, internet ...
'' * "Black Dogs!", a song by Genesis Owusu from the 2021 album '' Smiling with No Teeth'' * ''Black Dog'' (album), 2023 album by Gazelle Twin * "The Black Dog" (song), a song by Taylor Swift from the 2024 album ''The Tortured Poets Department'' * "Perro Negro", 2023 single by Bad Bunny and Feid, translated to "Black Dog" in English


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 genr ...
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Black Dog Books (American publisher) Black Dog Books (BDB) is an independent press operation in Normal, Illinois, founded in 1997 by publisher Tom Roberts to keep an outlet for adventure fiction alive. It has expanded to publish fiction in the adventure, mystery, science fiction, and ...
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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 informat ...
, an American publisher *
Black Dog Publishing Black Dog Publishing is a British publishing company specialising in illustrated non-fiction books on contemporary culture. Topics covered by Black Dog include architecture, art, craft, design, environment, fashion, film, music and photograph ...
, 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 blended Scotch whisky produced by the Indian beverage company United Spirits Limited (USL), a subsidiary of Diageo. The Black Dog was first blended and bottled in Scotland in 1883 by James MacKinlay but since 1992 i ...
, 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 ...
, 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 ...
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Folklore and mythology

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Black dog (folklore) The black dog is a supernatural, spectral, or demonic hellhound originating from English folklore, and also present in folklore throughout Europe and the Americas. It is usually unnaturally large with glowing red or yellow eyes, is often connec ...
, a spectral black dog from English folklore


Places

* Black Dog, Devon, England * Black Dog Lake, in Minnesota, U.S. * Blackdog, Aberdeen, Scotland * Black Dog Halt railway station, 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 depression (mood), low mood, low self-esteem, and anhedonia, loss of interest or pleasure in normally ...
(the term ''black dog'' was coined by Samuel Johnson and popularised by Winston Churchill) * Black dog (coin), a coin in the Caribbean, starting under the reign of Queen Anne of Great Britain * Black Dog (Osage chief) (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, a 2005 pocket-sized, self-contained computer


See also

* * * Black dog syndrome, a tendency for black dogs not to be adopted from animal shelters *
Anubis Anubis (; ), also known as Inpu, Inpw, Jnpw, or Anpu in Ancient Egyptian (), is the god of funerary rites, protector of graves, and guide to the underworld in ancient Egyptian religion, usually depicted as a canine or a man with a canine hea ...
, 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 Nor ...
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