| IRISHWOLFHOUND | Very large dog breed, with a rough shaggy coat |
| AKITA | Large dog breed with a dense coat |
| HORRID | Word, from "bristling, hair on end, prickly, rough, shaggy", for beastly, dreadful, detestable, frightful, ghastly, revolting or unpleasant (6) |
| BORDERCOLLIE | A medium-sized dog breed with a silky, usually black and white coat, used as a sheepdog (6,6) |
| BISON | A large wild ox with a shaggy coat and a fatty hump (5) |
| DALMATIAN | Dog breed with a white white coat marked with black or liver-coloured spots (9) |
| YELLOWLAB | Dog breed with a golden coat |
| PULI | Hungarian dog breed with a corded coat |
| SIBERIAN | Working dog breed with a thick coat, for short |
| LHASA | Small Tibetan dog breed with a long, straight, dense coat (5,4) |
| APSO | Small Tibetan dog breed with a long, straight, dense coat (5,4) |
| SAMOYED | Siberian dog breed with a dense fluffy white coat |
| SHIHTZU | Small dog breed with a long coat: 2 wds. |
| BORZOI | Dog breed with a very long face |
| STBERNARD | Very large dog of a breed originally kept to rescue travellers by the monks of a hospice on a pass across the Alps (2,7) |
| KEESHOND | Dutch dog breed with a foxy head |
| SCHNAUZER | Wire-haired dog breed with a distinctive "beard" |
| CHOW | Fluffy dog breed with a blue-black tongue, informally |
| PUG | Dog breed with a curly tail |
| WESTIE | Scottish dog breed with a directional name |
