- DOG
- Animal that rhymes with 9-across
- Boxer, e.g.
- Fido, e.g.
- Jack Russell, for one
- Pluto or Lassie
- Pug or boxer
- Go after
- Odie
- Drug-sniffer, perhaps
- Frequent "Too Cute!" animal
- MorningStar Farms makes a meatless one
- See 31-Down
- Trouble
- Pooch
- Mucuchí or viringo
- Follow closely
- Einstein in "Back to the Future"
- Frank
- See 1-Across
- Boxer, for one
- I don't have a ___ in this fight
- Fetching one?
- Pointer, e.g.
- Weenie
- Track relentlessly
- Bother persistently
- Follow relentlessly
- See 77-Across
- Follow everywhere
- Trail persistently
- Subject of Pavlov's research?
- Bone exhumer, possibly
- Chinese-zodiac animal
- The only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself, per Josh Billings
- Don't quit bothering
- Won't quit following
- Tail tirelessly
- Cat hater, stereotypically
- Beethoven, for one
- Lab or boxer
- Seeing Eye trainee
- You lucky ___!
- One may be fetching
- Put on the ___ (be ostentatiously elegant)
- Borzoi, for one
- Follow tirelessly
- German shepherd, for one
- Komondor, for one
- Man's best friend
- Bark source
- One with a bone appetite
- Pointer, for one
- Bo or Barney of the White House
- Hound or husky
- Cujo, e.g.
- Iditarod team member
- Basenji or saluki
- Spinone Italiano, for one
- Lady or Tramp
- Westminster contender
- Hound
- Scottie, e.g.
- Labradoodle or puggle, for example
- Doberman, e.g.
- See 22-Across
- Buddy or Benji
- AKC subject
- Buddy or Millie
- Family favorite
- Rhodesian ridgeback, e.g.
- Pursue relentlessly
- Lab, e.g.
- Lucky one?
- Guard or show follower
- Kennel denizen
- This puzzle's theme
- Retriever, e.g.
- Spaniel or setter
- Lab or peke
- Loaf, with "it"
- Underperforming investment, slangily
- Follow persistently
- Lab, for one
- Stay close behind
- Fetch player
- Boxer or pug
- Cat chaser
- Worthless thing, in slang
- Flop
- Follow
- Ball game treat
- A good one follows the starts of the four longest puzzle answers
- See 60-Across
- Guard that barks
- Husky, for one
- It may be a toy
- Greyhound, e.g.
- Show __
- 2018 Chinese New Year animal
- Pursue persistently
- __ days
- Boxer or Borzoi
- Collie or cocker spaniel
- See 68-Across
- Best in Show animal
- 6-Down, for one
- Pluto, for one
- Poodle, e.g.
- Pursue
- Follow aggressively
- Poodle or pointer
- Popular pet
- Setter or shepherd
- Toy, e.g.
- Fala or Checkers
- Miscreant
- Pound dweller
- Pluto or Pongo
- Weimaraner or Pomeranian
- 111 Across, e.g.
- Poodle or peke
- Pursue unstintingly
- Training focus of the puzzle
- Service animal
- Adoption from a pound
- Beagle or boxer
- Beagle or poodle
- Borzoi or boxer
- Closely follow
- Follow tenaciously
- Track tenaciously
- Grown-up puppy
- Pursue closely
- See 55 Down
- Relentlessly follow
- Terrier or poodle
- Proverbial best friend
- Kennel dweller
- Pet that growls
- With 2 Down, bookmark of a sort
- Poodle or beagle
- Slack off, with "it"
- Poodle or terrier
- Barker
- Newfoundland, e.g.
- With 32-Across, Sirius
- Doberman or Dalmatian, e.g.
- Pit bull or poodle, e.g.
- Brittany, e.g.
- Labrador, e.g.
- Plague
- Labradoodle, e.g.
- Towser.
- Symbol of fidelity.
- A ___ of Flanders.—Ouida.
- Cat's adversary.
- Rhubarb's enemy.
- Kerry blue or black-and-tan.
- Checkers, for instance.
- Chihuahua.
- Borzoi.
- Pointer.
- Schnauzer or saluki.
- Boxer.
- St. Bernard.
- Chow.
- Postman's foe.
- Nana, for one.
- Mechanical device for holding or grappling.
- Retriever.
- Saluki.
- Canis Major.
- Boston bull.
- Samoyed.
- Husky.
- Policeman's aide.
- Pekingese.
- Whippet.
- Keeshond
- Basenji or borzoi
- Spitz, e.g.
- Household greeter
- Saluki, for one
- Corgi, e.g.
- House or ear
- Terrier or chow
- Boxer or husky
- Peke, for one
- Briard or Samoyed
- With 52 Across, Arctic vehicle
- Saluki or dingo
- Saluki, e.g.
- Affenpinscher, e.g.
- Irish setter, e.g.
- Kind of leg or ear
- Kuvasz, e.g.
- Name of Columbo's basset
- Word with tag or paddle
- Kind of watch
- Lad in a Terhune book
- Rottweiler, for one
- Basenji, e.g.
- Track down
- Canine
- A pup is a young one
- Animal that barks
- Animal you might describe by the ends of 21-, 28-, 48- and 54-Across
- Tail ... or one with a tail
- Briard or Basenji
- Poor-quality stock
- Wolf's relative
- Brussels griffon, e.g.
- Shar-Pei or Akita
- Fala or Millie
- Akita or schipperke
- Cerberus or Argus, e.g.
- Follow around
- Nipper or Checkers
- Track
- Utter failure, in slang
- Dyslexic's deity?
- With 1-Across, what 20-, 34-, 42- and 52-Across end with
- It's found in a pound
- Terrier or retriever
- ?
- One may sit for a master
- Tail
- Puggle, e.g.
- Husky or hound
- Goofy, e.g.
- One enrolled in obedience school
- Woofer?
- Trail
- See 57-Down
- See 58-Down
- Toto, for one
- Track hostilely
- You might board yours at the keel if you take a cruise
- Adopt-a-thon adoptee, maybe
- See 5-Down
- Ballpark frank
- Bo or Checkers
- Frankfurter
- Pomeranian, e.g.
- Great Dane, e.g.
- Frankfurter, informally
- Animal for which the Canary Islands are named
- Not leave alone
- With 108-Down, hot stretch of summer
- Jackapoo or schnoodle
- Keep after
- Loyal friend
- Precinct animal
- Homie
- Kuvasz or Komondor
- Westminster winner
- Akita, e.g.
- Beagle, e.g.
- Furry friend
- Fido, for one
- Warrant "___ Eat ___"
- Led Zep "Black ___"
- Come Along Salty ___
- Stooges "I Wanna Be Your ___"
- You ain't nothin' but a hound ___
- Helpful pointer for a hunter?
- One asked to shake hands without a hand
- Cur
- Pupper
- Pomeranian or Weimaraner
- Buddy of the Clintons
- Hagrid's Fang, for one
- Animal that someone tough has in them, per a meme
- Sled puller
- Toto, for example
- Some like it hot
- Marmaduke, for one
- A _____ of Flanders
- Every one has its day
- A ___ of Flanders
- Boxer that can lick anyone?
- Setter or shepherd, e.g.
- Snoopy, for one
- Walker's charge
- Frisbee catcher
- Odie, for one
- Follow or tail
- Common pet
- Basenji or beagle
- Furry creature, often
- One may be asked to speak
- Jackshund or puggle
- Man's best friend, it's said
- Pet said to resemble its owner
- Basset for one
- Red or hot
- Three ___ Night
- AKC registrant
- Akita or Airedale
- Beethoven, filmically
- Friend of the man?
- Every ___ has his day
- Basenji, for one
- Bone exhumer
- Lady or Beethoven
- Any one of man's best friends
- Domesticated canid
- Bomb-sniffing TSA aide
- Creature in Petco's logo
- Marley or Old Yeller
- Shelter rescue, perhaps
- Barbecue goodie, for short
- Word that can follow the first parts of 19-, 32-, 40- and 48-Across
- Clifford is a big red one
- Fisk University's mascot, e.g.
- Pekingese, e.g.
- Pug or poodle
- Common choice for a service animal
- Downward-facing ___
- Otterhound, e.g.
- Pointer or poodle
- Pug or pitbull
- Samoyed or Alaskan malamute
- Wasabi the Pekingese, e.g.
- Akita or pug
- Shih Tzu, e.g.
- Animal in the game "Beagle or Bagel"
- Barbet or beagle
- Can You Pet the ___? (catalog of pettable video game animals)
- Chihuahua or poodle
- Kishu or Rottweiler, e.g.
- Pomeranian or goldendoodle
- Puggle or schnoodle
- Spot, for one
- Hearing-ear __
- Monopoly token
- Frisbee catcher, perhaps
- Odie or Snoopy
- Pet in a park, perhaps
- RCA'S Nipper, e.g.
- RCA's Nipper, for one
- Newton's Diamond, for one
- Substandard item
- Inferior item
- Newfoundland or Labrador
- Pointer or pug
- Pound inhabitant
- Brittany, for one
- Lab in one's home, e.g.
- Dachshund, for one
- Hound, in two senses
- Malamute or mastiff
- Pound adoptee
- Collie or cockapoo
