Water dog (disambiguation)

Water dog, waterdog or water-dog may refer to:

Animals

• Water dog, a general type of gun/working dog, including various specific breeds and landraces; some are themselves named "water dog":
  • Cantabrian Water Dog
  • Lagotto Romagnolo (a.k.a. Italian Water Dog)
  • Portuguese Water Dog
  • Spanish Water Dog
  • St. John's water dog
• Waterdog, the gilled, aquatic larval form of the tiger salamander, often sold as pets or fishing bait
  • By extension, the gilled, aquatic larva of any species of salamander, used as a generic term.
  • Through confusion, the term is sometimes also applied to the gilled, aquatic mudpuppies and other members of the Proteidae family, and the axolotl, all salamanders that are entirely aquatic throughout their lives.
• In various translations of Kalevala, the giant mythical pike fish slain by the heroes Ilmarinen and Väinämöinen are referred to as "water-dogs".
• Water-dog, a former colloquial term for otter, especially the giant otter

Other

• The Water Dog, a 1914 film starring Fatty Arbuckle
• Waterdog Lake, in Belmont, California
• Waterdogs can also refer to smoke-like columns of mist that crawl up mountainsides in rainy weather and are sometimes mistakenly reported as forest fires.