DAWG. A simpler name you could not come by. The Flagston family sheepdog appears in Mort Walker + the late Dik Browne's 'Hi + Lois' [1954-present]

He is probably closest to Trixie; he thinks aloud like her + is always around to lap up the infant's discarded meals

A spin-off of 'Beetle Bailey', production of 'Hi + Lois' was inherited by its creators' sons, Chance Browne, Greg + Brian Walker, in 1984