Dog Monday

Dog Monday is Jem Blythe's faithful dog.

Biography
The Blythe family was never very good at keeping dogs around. A few died, some wondered off, and one simply wasn't happy. Eventually Dog Monday came and he stayed.

Dog Monday's loyality was shown when Jem went off to fight in the First World War. After the Blythe family saw Jem off at the train station, he refused to come home. That's when his long and faithful vigil started. "His dear master had gone-he, Monday, had been deliberately and of malice aforethought prevented from going with him by a demon disguised in the grab of a Methodist minister. Wherefore, he, Monday, would wait there until the smoking, sorting monster, which carried his hero off, carried him back."

- Dog Monday, after Jem left. A dog house was built to keep Dog Monday warm and dry and the butcher gave him meet scraps.

Dog Monday never left the station, but met every single train because he hoped one of them would bring his master back home.

Even though Dog Monday was Jem's dog, he was still very close to Walter. In fact, he was so close, that he knew when Walter was killed. That night, Dog Monday howled the entire night. No one knew what was wrong and after several days, it was suspected that there wasn't a particular reason for Dog Monday's howling.

After the Blythe's received a telegram telling them that Walter had been killed at the Battle of Courcelette, they realized that Dog Monday's howling was actually mourning.

After Jem was declared 'missing in action', Susan used that reasoning to assure Rilla that Jem was not dead. If Jem had been dead, Dog Monday would have realized it.

At the end of the war, Dog Monday was rewarded greatly for his wait when his owner finally stepped off the train.

Etymology
Dog Monday was named such because he was a dog and he arrived at Ingleside on a Monday.