Noun
puppy dog (plural puppy dogs)
A puppy; a young dog.
puppy-dog (plural puppy-dogs)
Alternative form of puppy dog
puppy-dog
It makes one sad to see the sell-out of President Fox; really, it makes one sad. How sad that the president of a people like the Mexicans lets himself become the puppy dog of the empire. Hugo Chávez
Let's be perfectly clear, shall we. The fox is not a little orange puppy dog with doe eyes and a waggly tail. It's a disease-ridden wolf with the morals of a psychopath and the teeth of a great white shark. Jeremy Clarkson
I would rather be beaten, and be a man, than to be elected and be a little puppy dog. Davy Crockett
Oh, God, puppy dog eyes. From a six-foot-five ancient Viking vampire. Charlaine Harris
I'm a girl of extremes. When I love something, I'm like a puppy dog (without all the licking). When I'm cranky, I'm a wasp (like a whole hive of 'em). And when I'm angry, I'm a Mother Bear with a predator after her cubs: Dangerous. James Patterson
I would rather be beaten and be a man than to be elected and be a little puppy dog. I have always supported measures and principles and not men. I have acted fearless[ly] and independent and I never will regret my course. I would rather be politically buried than to be hypocritically immortalized. Davy Crockett