Dog

For the NPC in Thousand Needles, see Dog (NPC).

Dogs are domesticated canines. Fairly small dogs can weigh between 20 to 50 pounds in weight. Dogs generally hunt in packs, chasing and exhausting prey until they can drag it down. They can jump fairly well, and survive well when tracking by scent. ^{(MGWS 9)}

In World of Warcraft, a number of creatures share the appearance and/or role of dogs. In particular, the hunters of many races can tame wolves and associated beasts for use as pets or tracking hounds. Darkhounds are in fact demonic dogs, and are used as guard dogs by the Dark Iron dwarves in Blackrock Depths.

Hunter pet

Specialization (upon taming)
Ferocity
The Dog eats
The Dog comes with
All pets come with

Though hunters can respec their pet dogs into Cunning or Tenacity, they are inherently Ferocity. In addition to the abilities that come standard with all pets ([Growl] and [Avoidance]) and those given to their natural or retrained specialization, all dogs are given the following:

• [Bite]
• [Bark of the Wild]

Subspecies

Dogs are found throughout the Eastern Kingdoms, Kalimdor, and Northrend.

• Blink dog: Species of dog said to live in the Emerald Dream. ^{(S&L 145)}
• Shadow-hound: Another species of dog found in the forces of the Burning Legion. ^{(LG 118)}
• Bloodhound ^{(CoH #?)}
• Darkhound
• Mastiff
• White hound^{[citation needed]}

Other species are described in Manual of Monsters Appendix Three: Albadian Battle Dog, Cooshie, Death dog and Moon dog; however the validity of the source is disputed.

The subspecies below can be tamed by hunters. Note that worgen start with a mastiff.

Grey

Black

•   [7]  Mountain Mastiff (worgen only, also brown, grey, red)
•   [10]  Wary Mastiff (worgen only, also brown, grey, red)
•    [47 Rare]  Rexxus
•    [71-72]  Onslaught Bloodhound

Brown

•    [14 Rare]  Lost Gilnean Wardog
•   [35-36]  Bullmastiff (Horde only)
•    [40-41]  Blighthound

Grey

•   [13-14]  Gilnean Hound (also red)
•    [27 Rare]  Snuffles
•    [68]  Dragonflayer Hunting Hound

Red

•    [29 Elite]  Starving Hound
•   [30 Elite]  Angry Hound
•    [30 Elite]  Obedient Hound
•    [36 Rare]  Tracker

Blue

Purple

Red

Blue

•    [6-7]  Decrepit Darkhound
•    [8-9]  Cursed Darkhound
•    [9-10]  Ravenous Darkhound
•    [55-56]  Fiend

Ghost

•    [8 Rare]  Plague (blue)
•    [69-70 Elite]  Shadowbeast (grey)
•    [70 Elite]  Phase Hound (white)

Grey

•    [69-71]  Deathshadow Hound

Purple

•    [8 Rare]  Bayne
•    [71 Elite]  Dreadbeast

Red

•    [48-53]  Bloodhound Mastiff
•    [49-50]  Bloodhound
•    [49-53 Rare Elite]  Verek
•    [73 Rare Elite]  Rokad the Ravager

White

•    [42 Rare]  Bleakheart
•    [48 Rare]  Fidonis

Blue

Blue

•    [54 Rare]  Arcanus
•    [66-80 Elite]  Mage Slayer
•    [69]  Coldarra Mage Slayer
•    [69-70]  Beryl Hound
•    [71-72]  Moonrest Stalker
•    [75-80 Elite]  Azure Mage Slayer
•    [78-79]  Azure Manabeast

Green

•    [40-41]  Plaguehound
•    [40-41]  Plaguehound Runt
•    [41-42]  Frenzied Plaguehound
•    [71]  Trained Plaguehound (Alliance only)

Red

•    [74-75]  Vargul Blighthound
•    [80 Elite]  Grimkor's Hound (spawned, The Ironwall Rampart
•    [80 Elite]  Hungering Plaguehound

Named

Mobs with levels can be tamed by hunters.

•    [54 Rare]  Arcanus
•    Baron
•    [8 Rare]  Bayne
•    [42 Rare]  Bleakheart
•    [48 Rare]  Fidonis
•    [55-56]  Fiend
•    [80 Elite]  Grimkor's Hound (spawned, The Ironwall Rampart
•    [14 Rare]  Lost Gilnean Wardog
•     Nikita
•    [8 Rare]  Plague
•    [47 Rare]  Rexxus
•    [73 Rare Elite]  Rokad the Ravager
•    [27 Rare]  Snuffles
•    [36 Rare]  Tracker
•    [49-53 Rare Elite]  Verek

Patch changes

• Patch 4.0.6 (8-Feb-2011): Added as a tamable pet family.
  

External links

• Wowhead
• Thottbot

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