Black dog facts for kids

The term Black Dog can mean many different things! It might refer to characters in movies or books, music, businesses, or even places. Sometimes, it's used in old stories or to describe a type of sadness.

Arts and Entertainment

Fictional Characters and Places

• Black Dog, a cool robot in the 1982 Bulgarian science fiction movie The Treasure Planet.
• The Black Dog, an inn (like a small hotel) shown in the British TV series The Coroner.
• Black Dog, a pirate character in Robert Louis Stevenson's famous adventure book Treasure Island.
• Black Dogs, a group of students in the Boarding School Juliet manga series.

Movies and TV Shows

• Black Dog (film), an American movie from 1998.
• Black Dog: Being A Teacher, a South Korean TV series from 2019 about teachers.
• "Black Dog", an episode from the American TV series That '70s Show in 2002.
• "Blackdog", a two-part episode from the British TV series The Commander in 2005.

Books

• Black Dog (novel), a book written by Stephen Booth in 2000.
• Black Dogs, a book written by Ian McEwan in 1992.
• Black Dog, a children's book by Levi Pinfold that won the 2013 Kate Greenaway Medal.

Music

• The Black Dog (band), a British music group. They also have their own music label called Black Dog Productions.
• "Black Dog", a song by Jesse Winchester from 1970.
• "Black Dog" (Led Zeppelin song), a very famous song by the band Led Zeppelin from 1971.
• "Black Dog" (Arlo Parks song), a song by Arlo Parks from 2020.
• "Black Dog", a song by the band Poster Children from their 1997 album RTFM.
• "Black Dogs!", a song by Genesis Owusu from his 2021 album Smiling with No Teeth.

Businesses and Brands

• Black Dog Books (Australian publisher), a book publishing company in Australia.
• Black Dog Books (American publisher), a book publishing company in America.
• Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, another American book publisher.
• Black Dog Publishing, a British publishing company.
• Black Dog Institute, an Australian group that helps people with sadness or depression.
• The Black Dog (restaurant), a famous restaurant located on Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts, U.S.
• The Black Dog, Dublin, a place in Ireland that used to be a prison.
• Black Dog Salvage, a company that finds and reuses old items. They were featured on the American TV series Salvage Dawgs.

Folklore and Mythology

• Black dog (folklore), a ghostly black dog that appears in old English stories and legends. These stories are often about spooky or supernatural dogs.

Places

• Black Dog, Devon, a village in England.
• Black Dog Lake, a lake in Minnesota, U.S.
• Blackdog, a small town in Aberdeen, Scotland.
• Black Dog Halt railway station, a train station in Wiltshire, England, that is no longer used.

Other Uses

• A dog with black fur.
• Major depressive disorder, a type of sadness that can be very strong. The term black dog was used to describe this by Samuel Johnson and later by Winston Churchill.
• Black Dog (coin), a type of coin used in the Caribbean a long time ago.
• Black Dog (Osage chief) (1780–1848), a leader of the Osage Native American tribe. His son was also named Black Dog II.
• Black Dog II, the son of the Osage chief Black Dog. He was a leader in a Native American army unit during the 1860s.
• BlackDog, a small computer that fits in your pocket, made in 2005.

See also

• All pages with titles containing ""black dog""
• All pages with titles containing "blackdog"
• Black dog syndrome, a problem where black dogs are sometimes not adopted from animal shelters as easily as other dogs.
• Anubis, an ancient Egyptian god who was shown as a black dog or a man with a black dog's head.
• Hellhound, a supernatural dog from folklore, often linked to the underworld.