Wolfhound

A wolfhound can refer to various breeds of dogs that have been bred to hunt wolves or to established lines of (historically crossed, as opposed to ancient) wolf-dog crosses that retain significant characteristics of wolves. Wolf-dog hybrids crossed in recent generations are often referred to as wolfdogs, wolf-dog hybrids or wolf crosses, but not wolfhounds. In addition, dogs have been bred to resemble wolves, and such dogs, though without crosses to wolves, may also be called wolfdogs (but not wolfhounds).

A wolfhound had it's own portrait near Sir Cadogan's portrait in at least 1995. When Harry Potter were about to have Divination in the North Tower Sir Cadogan tried to follow him by crossing this portrait, but the wolfhound chased him back to his own portrait.

Appearances

 * Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix