Which Hogwarts House Does Your Dog Belong In?

By: Mark Lichtenstein
Estimated Completion Time
5 min
Which Hogwarts House Does Your Dog Belong In?
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About This Quiz

The world of Harry Potter, for most of the series, is set in the magical school of Hogwarts. Every year, students are sorted into one of the four houses based on personality traits that they possess. The four houses are Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff and Slytherin, each of which has its own set of values that the students share.

What if Hogwarts decided to have a Wizarding school for Dogs? Would you send your best friend there? Just like humans, dogs have their own personalities and temperaments. Because we live with our pets, we know everything about them, from their favorite foods to where they like to sleep to what activities they like. If you placed the sorting hat on your dog's head, would it be able to pick up on those traits and sort it into a house?

Will your dog be sent to Ravenclaw, because it's a genius in the making? Will they be sorted into Gryffindor, because they're brave and chivalrous? Will they be wearing green after being sorted into Slytherin for being ambitious, or will your dog be sorted into Hufflepuff, because they're the most loyal of them all? If you'd like to know where the sorting hat will place your dog, then you should take this quiz!

What word would you use to describe your dog as a puppy?
Adorable
Sweet
Curious
Ambitious

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What would your dog do if someone threatened you?
It would get between me and the threat, and growl.
It would bark at them.
It would circle them and snarl.
It would bite their hamstring.

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How obedient is your dog?
Somewhat obedient
Very obedient
Fairly obedient
Very disobedient

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How often does your dog get distracted when on a walk?
Sometimes
Never
Whenever there's an interesting smell
Every. Three. Seconds.

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How does your dog socialize with strange dogs?
It will say hello.
It's very friendly.
It will carefully check them out.
It barks like a little maniac.

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What is the most complex technology your dog seems to understand?
Door handles
Its bowl
Cabinets
The fridge door

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How does your dog respond to fireworks?
It watches them with fascination.
It will hug my leg, but watch them.
It will jump and bark at them.
It shakes and drools in a corner.

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What does your dog do in storms?
It'll stand bravely, as though it were facing down an enemy.
It'll ignore the thunder.
It'll refuse to go outside.
It'll cower under the sofa.

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Does your dog like the water?
It's very careful around water.
It's afraid of water.
It will leap high into the air and land in my pool.
My dog loves water.

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Does your dog like to dig holes in the ground?
Not generally
Yes, and it loves getting covered in mud.
My dog will only dig in leaves after I use the leaf blower.
My dog will dig a hole to escape the backyard.

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Does your dog like it if you point a fan in its face?
It'll bite at the air, then turn away.
It'll find a solid object to hide behind.
My dog loves it!
It grimaces.

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How does your dog react to fire?
My dog is fascinated by it.
It enjoys the warmth if it's not too close.
It tries to stay behind something.
It runs away.

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How does your dog react to getting a little treat?
It wags its whole bottom.
It makes a little yip.
It lays at my feet, munching.
It eats it and begs for more.

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What does your dog do with yummy bones?
It munches through them in seconds.
It licks them clean, then munches them.
It gnaws out the inside, then crunches the outside.
It secrets the bones away to its bed, hiding them for a special occasion.

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Does your dog ever get its paws on human food?
My dog only eats dog food.
It refuses human food.
It gets human food as a reward.
It steals human food as soon as people turn their backs on the dinner table.

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Does your dog play well with cats?
It usually does.
It's very tolerant.
It does not associate with them.
It will kill them if it can.

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What is your dog's job?
Protecting the family
Companionship
Retrieving birds
Plotting the destruction of gardens

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What do you think your dog fantasizes about?
Saving my family from a fire
Retrieving balls
Catching rabbits
Leading a pack of wolves into town to kill all the cats

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Does your dog watch TV with you?
It only reacts to doorbells on TV.
It usually just falls asleep.
It'll watch nature shows.
It uses it as an opportunity to do naughty things while I'm otherwise engaged.

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How does your dog behave during dinner?
It sits in its place in the dining room and does not beg.
It stares at the diners with pleading eyes from the other room.
It does cute things until someone rewards it with scraps.
It sits right beside the weakest-willed person at the table with pleading eyes until they give it scraps.

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How does your dog react to large crowds, like at the holidays?
It gets overwhelmed after awhile.
It gets immediately overwhelmed.
It finds the strangers and charms them.
It convinces everyone to give it treats.

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How early does your dog wake up?
The crack of dawn
Shortly after I do
Shortly before I do
Very late

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What does your dog do when you say it's bedtime?
It does a dance.
It gives a happy little yip.
It runs to its bed.
It pretends to sleep, then sneaks off to steal food.

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Would your dog dabble in the unforgivable curses?
Never
I hope not!
It would learn them, but only to stop them.
Of course it would!

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What would your dog use a Polyjuice Potion to turn into?
A wolf
A cat
A bird
A person

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How does your dog ask for a belly rub?
It sits in front of me, tilts its head, and puts its paw on my knee.
It lays at my feet.
It positions itself beside me, under my hand, then rolls onto its back.
It sits in front of me, staring at me until it worms its way into my mind and makes me do it.

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What magical relic would your dog bury in the back yard?
The wand of Merlin
The Holy Grail
The Cloak of Invisibility
The One Ring

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How would your dog do in a divination class?
It would just pass.
It would get a grade that isn't embarassing.
It would pass with flying colors.
It would cheat on the final, which is ironic.

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How would your dog fare in defense against the dark arts?
It would bravely confront its fears.
It would patiently study the magic.
It would learn the secrets to disarming users of the dark arts.
It would just want to learn the dark arts.

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What color smoke would be produced when your dog apparates?
Red
White
Blue
Black

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