An inside joke for [[Elden Ring]] players to refer to any wild animal in the game as a "[[dog]]". Especially [[turtle]]s, due to being nearly immobile and thus likely to stay near any [[message (fromsoftware)|messages]] left near them.

The criteria for what can and what cannot be considered a "dog" are somewhat vague. Usually it is restricted to mundane, non-hostile quadrupeds, but some players include [[dragon]]s.
dog (elden ring) (meme)