Prison Dog

"You can keep doing that forever, the dog is never going to move."

- Jack Sparrow to Port Royal prisoners

The Prison Dog was a canine employed to guard the jailer's keys at Port Royal prison in Fort Charles. He was highly loyal to the jailer, and was not swayed by prisoners' attempts to steal the keys, though he was ultimately lured away from his post by Pintel. It is usually refered to (by characters and filmmakers) as "the dog with the keys", and was once called Poochie by Pintel.

Port Royal Prison
"Where is that dog with the keys?"

- Governor Weatherby Swann



This dog served at the prisons around the time of Jack Sparrow's incarceration, and later gained a bone which prisoners were known to use to try and lure him over with the prison keys. This tactic was often employed to no avail, as the dog appeared to be highly intelligent and devoted to his duty.



Pelegosto
"Well I say it was Divine Providence what escaped us from jail." "And I say it was me being clever. Ain't that right Poochie?"

- Ragetti and Pintel

When Pintel and Ragetti were held in the prisons following the battle at Isla de Muerta, Pintel used a trick that allowed him to gain possession of both the keys and the dog, who accompanied them to Pelegosto Island. There, the dog was left behind by the crew of the Black Pearl, though the Pelegostos made him their new chief. It was customary for the Pelegostos to consume the flesh of their chiefs, in the belief that it would release their divine spirit from its fleshy prison.

Escape to Shipwreck Cove
"That can't be." "How?" "Sea turtles, mate."

- Ragetti, Pintel and Teague about the Prison Dog.

The Prison Dog somehow managed to avoid this grisly fate, and joined the Brethren Court at Shipwreck Cove, where he provided Captain Teague with the key to the Pirata Codex. Pintel and Ragetti were baffled as to how the dog could have escaped the island, though Teague's only explanation was that it escaped with the help of "sea turtles"&mdash;an excuse commonly favored by his son. The pirates appeared satisfied with this answer.

A leaflet inside the At World's End says that he did indeed escape using sea turtles.

Behind the scenes

 * The Prison Dog was portrayed by Chopper in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, handled by animal coordinator Boone Narr. A short feature on Chopper appears as an easter egg on the film's Two-Disc Special Edition DVD release.
 * The Prison Dog appears in all the movies, and it may also have appeared in "City of Gold", the 7th book of "Pirates of the Caribbean: Jack Sparrow" series, where there is a similar dog in the prison of New Orleans.

Appearances

 * Pirates of the Caribbean: Jack Sparrow 7: City of Gold
 * Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
 * Breakout!
 * Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
 * Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
 * Pirates of the Caribbean (ride)
 * Pirates of the Caribbean Online