Does Daryl Dixon’s Dog die in The Walking Dead season 11?

Dog has become one of The Walking Dead’s most beloved characters. Does he join the rare class of characters to actually make it out of The Walking Dead season 11 alive?

Daryl Dixon is one of The Walking Dead‘s most popular characters but he may have met his match in terms of popularity when it comes to his beloved dog (who, yes, he endearingly refers to as “Dog”).

Daryl’s beloved friend for quite some time now, Dog bonded with him during the time jump after Rick Grimes’ apparent demise (which we then saw play out in the season 10 flashback episode “Find Me”). Originally Leah’s dog, he stayed by Daryl’s side and endeared himself to the Walking Dead viewers.

Now that the show has reached its conclusion, does Dog make it out of the series alive?

*** This article contains spoilers from The Walking Dead series finale. ***

Does Dog die in The Walking Dead season 11?

If you’ve been watching the final season of The Walking Dead and rooting for Dog to survive, you’ll be thrilled to know that he doesn’t die.

He was seen significantly less in season 11 and that resulted in fans wondering if they had missed something. After all, the last few seasons of TWD have used a number of time jumps to explain away certain situations. Thankfully, that was not the case with Dog. According to showrunner Angela Kang, “there were some COVID production reasons” that made it harder for the show to feature Dog in season 11, so even though he didn’t always appear on-screen, he was referenced from time-to-time.

Nevertheless, that didn’t stop him from returning in the series finale. Dog is present after the survivors win the war for Commonwealth, enjoying the celebratory feast with everyone else. After the one-year time-jump that shows us how our survivors turned the Commonwealth into a true sanctuary, we learn that Dog is still alive as Daryl asks Judith to look out for him.

Now that the TWD Universe is expanding with a Daryl Dixon spinoff, could we see Dog return someday? Here’s hoping!

Are you a fan of Daryl and Dog’s bond on The Walking Dead? Have you been watching The Walking Dead season 11 on Netflix? Let us know in the comments below!