This is a list of fictional dogs in live-action television and is a subsidiary to the list of fictional dogs. It is a collection of various non-animated dogs in television.
Played by Skippy, Asta is the wire-haired fox terrier of Private Investigator Nick Charles and his wife Nora; about a couple who solve murders while their dog is usually underfoot.
The Kennedy's dog; about people who live and work in a fictional suburb of Melbourne. Joined the show in 2001 and departed in 2011, following the death of the dog who portrayed her.[1]
Samson's love interest who was an unseen character throughout most of the series, but was finally shown in the duo's first film Hotel op Stelten, where she basically looks just like Samson, only with a ribbon in her hair.
K9 had several incarnations over the course of the show and was most notably the constant companion of Sarah Jane Smith who was the Fourth Doctor's Companion in the Doctor Who series.
Law Enforcement Animal, K9 police dog, played by Diesel vom Burgimwald in Canada, based on Inspector Rex, Diesel is related to the dog that played Rex in Europe. Two of his real life nephews are his stunt doubles for action stunts.
Gerry's dog; about an English family trying to survive on the Greek island of Corfu in the late 1930s; based on Gerald Durrell's three autobiographical books.
Turk and JD's (stuffed) dog. Replaced with Steven, similar but slightly shorter stuffed Labrador, in My First Kill in season 4. In My Scrubs in season 6 Rowdy is found, allowing Turk and JD to have a dog each.
One of the first Muppet characters, a scruffy brown dog with a rounded black nose and long floppy ears. He was created (and originally performed and voiced) by Jim Henson. Rowlf is the Muppet Theatre's resident pianist.
The main character, portrayed by Soccer and voiced by Larry Brantley. A well-read dog who sees parallels between classic literature and the dilemmas he and his human friends face every day.
A Mountie and his dog fight villains in the Northern wilderness during the 1890s.
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