Related Clues:

• Underperforming investment, slangily
• Peke or pug
• Homie
• Pup without papers
• Akita, e.g.
• Unlikely dog for a canine registry
• Labrador or Newfoundland
• Ballpark frank
• "Man's best friend"
• Dog that's a little of this, a little of that
• Pointer, for one
• Mongrel dog
• ''Every ___ has his day''
• Follow everywhere
• Pound hound, perhaps