| 100% | COON | 4 | ___ dog (backwoods animal) |
| 81% | WOLF | 4 | Dog-like animal |
| 73% | PIG | 3 | Animal smarter than a dog |
| 72% | CATS | 4 | Animals that dogs might chase |
| 71% | CAT | 3 | Animal that a dog might chase |
| 69% | POLARBEAR | 9 | Animal called "God's dog" in Lapland |
| 68% | HOUSE | 5 | Word after Animal or dog |
| 68% | PIG | 3 | Zodiac animal after the Dog |
| 67% | LAIKA | 5 | Dog who was the first animal in space |
| 65% | PIG | 3 | Animal between dog and rat in the Chinese zodiac |
| 65% | PIGEAR | 6 | Animal part often used as a chewy dog treat |
| 65% | ELK | 3 | Animal whose old antlers are sold as dog chews |
| 63% | HYENA | 5 | Animal more closely related to the mongoose than the dog |
| 63% | LAIKA | 5 | Dog that was the first animal to orbit the Earth |
| 63% | PIG | 3 | Farm animal that's smarter than a dog |
| 63% | CHEWSUP | 7 | Destroys, as a dog might a stuffed animal |
| 60% | GUIDE | 5 | ___ dog (support animal for the visually impaired) |
| 60% | GNAWING | 7 | Teeth grinding in animals, such as dogs on bones |
| 59% | BROWNFOX | 8 | This animal is quick at jumping over a lazy dog |
| 59% | BULLFROG | 8 | Jeremiah was this animal in Three Dog Night's hit |
| 59% | LOVER | 5 | Word after dog or cat, or really any animal name |
| 57% | HYENA | 5 | Caninelike animal more closely related to a cat than a dog |
| 56% | EAR | 3 | Dog ___, folded down corner of a book page that starts with a canine animal |
| 51% | STBERNARD | 9 | Large dog of Italy and Switzerland originally kept as a search and rescue animal |
| 51% | CAMEL | 5 | Animal crackers animal |
| 51% | STRAY | 5 | Animal shelter animal |
| 51% | LION | 4 | Animal crackers animal |
| 50% | CESAR | 5 | Animal expert Millan known as the "Dog Whisperer" |
| 49% | ORA | 3 | Dave couldn't decide if the animal he saw was a dog ___ jackal (2 wds) |
| 46% | RURAL | 5 | Backwoods |