Shuck in some parts, Bargest or Padfoot in Yorks and Lancs. Big black dog legends are very common in East Anglia too.
And of course the Yeth, or 'Wisht hounds' in Devon.
Always was a curious legend to my mind, maybe to do with death-dreams?
Bob Trubshaws article http://www.indigogroup.co.uk/edge/bdogfl.htm
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