A dog trained to guard a house

Usage examples of housedog.

When he returned home after a good day's sport, he always gave the Housedog a large share of his spoil.

The Housedog replied, "Do not blame me, my friend, but find fault with the master, who has not taught me to labor, but to depend for subsistence on the labor of others.

He brought with him several slices of meat in order to pacify the Housedog, so that he would not alarm his master by barking.

So I've got one housedog, a champion male who really ought to be out burning up the show circuit and servicing bitches, and there he sits, soaking up air-conditioning and growing fatter and fatter every day.

She called this rock her housedog, although the rock had come first, with the house being built behind it.