Fox Lindberg

Fox
I won't bite! It's okay if you wanna sniff first.
Info
First Appearance	insert comic
Tag	Dog-Tags/Yellow Bandanna
Gender	Male
Species/Breed	Dog / Alaskan Husky (Purebred)
Owner(s)	Bill Lindberg
Relationship	Single
Friends & Family	King (best friend), Bailey (cousin, pet-sister), Fido, Rex, Sasha, Bino (former), Mungo (former partner)
Affiliation	Good Ol' Dogs Club (former Council Member), K-9 Unit (member)
Not-so-much Friends	Raccoons, Bino
Location	Dimension Prime, Babylon Gardens

Fox is a supporting character in Housepets!, introduced in the story arc The Game  in the strip You Cannot Win.
Originally a minor character, he became a regular supporting character after befriending King. Since then he fills this role in most King-focused arcs.

Official Site Biography

"Fox: Wears dogtags. He’s the smart one, which means he’s almost as smart as a cat. But I kid! He’s friends with Bino mostly to the extent that he still has some lingering issues of his own, including his personal aggravation with cat-lovers. He will go along with Bino and back him up because he’s his friend, though his heart is not often in it. He became fast friends with King after he moved into the neighborhood."

Physical Appearance

Fox is a pure-bred Alaskan Husky. He has gray fur with light-gray fur on his belly, inner-ears, muzzle and the underside of his legs and tail. He wears a simple brown collar, as well as a separate necklace with two dog tags. The collar is usually covered by his characteristic yellow bandana. Interestingly though, Fox originally wore a yellow collar without the bandana.

Occasionally he is seen wearing a brown bomber jacket in cold weather. Since joining the K-9 Unit, he is mainly seen wearing a police vest.

Personality

Fox's most defining trait is his unwavering loyalty to his friends. Originally head-strong and dominate as a puppy, he became more mellow as he got older and became a member of Bino's posse. He also used to share Bino's cat-lovers bias, which slowly began to unravel after learning about Fido and Sabrina's relationship. He chose to abstain from voting Fido, one of his best friends, out of Good Ol’ Dogs Club's council because of this. Though Fox is smart and often doesn't agree with many of Bino's plans, he would follow him anyways because of his long-standing friendship with him. While he was originally a minor background character, he began to stand out on his own after he met King, a new dog with whom he instantly became friends with, unbeknownst to him that he was one of the men who had kidnapped him. Fox eventually figured this out, and after letting out all of his hatred on him, he forgave him. Afterwards, he regularly began to defend King from Bino's antics, going as so far as to physically injure him when Bino goes to far. Fox eventually broke off his friendship with Bino after the events of Love And War.

General Information

Fox is an Alaskan Husky, living at Babylon Gardens as Bill's pet. He likes to spend time reading books and is warm-hearted and calm most of times, but gets easily angry at Bino whenever he bothers King. He is a council member of the Good Ol' Dogs Club and friend with all the other members, especially Bino and Fido, his 'Dad,' Bill Lindberg, being a cop he is friends with the K-9 Unit too (and later became an official member), he is also Bailey's relative and King's best friend; and after the failure of Bino's plan to recover Sasha following their break-up, Fox started to develop feelings for the latter, but didn't confess them when Sasha started to date Kevin.

As a youth he was already a friend of Fido and Bino and showed a clearly anti-feline attitude, but was dognapped along with Max and thanks to a young Grape's help they were saved. After this, he apparently softened about cats, but kept his cat-lovers bias for the most part.

Later on, he was dognapped a second time by two PETA members but was saved by his 'Dad' and the K-9 Unit. This left him hatred toward his captors, but after learning King was originally one of them and let his hatred out on him, he forgave him.

Because of King, Fox currently knows about The Game but is not directly involved. He accompanied King to Heaven in Heaven's Not Enough, Part 2, where he caught the attention of two females, one pink and one green. He also gained two buttons on his bandana. After their return, he flew with King to Australia to get Bailey back.

After the events of The Game, Fox joined the K-9 Unit, and has been in training in the time since he returned home from Australia. After graduating from the academy, Fox was given a partner named Mungo to investigate the assassination attempt on Keene Milton. Fox discovers that Sasha is a suspect and disobeys orders to help her, leading to a two week suspension and retraining, and gets a new partner.

Relationships

King

Fox became a fast friend of King after meeting him despite odd behavior, Fox has tried to introduce King to other pets in the neighborhood on many occasions in order to help him develop more relationships. They became best friends with time, hanging out together, and spending time with one another. Fox even started to side with him over Bino, even hurting him whenever Bino antagonized King. Eventually King married Fox's cousin Bailey and the two became relatives. However, King had a dark secret; he was one of the two humans who had attempted to kidnap him, leading to Fox's deep hatred of "Joel Robinson." After learning the truth, Fox let his his feelings overtake him but eventually came to forgive him. To this day their friendship remains strong.

Fido

A friend of Fox since their puppy days. They appeared to be very close, as shown when Fox was dognapped in A Sinister Shadow. However after the revelation of Fido and Sabrina's, their relationship was shaken, as it put Fox's "cat-lover" bias into question. However Fox abstained from voting him out of the Good 'Ol Dogs Club. In I Need A Vacation Fox told King that he wanted to mend things with Fido by joining the K-9 Unit, which he did eventually.

Bino

A friend of Fox since they were puppies. When they were younger Fox was the more dominating of them, but as the grew older Fox became quieter and Bino took over, becoming a member of his posse. Even when he does not agree with Bino's plans he still goes along with most of them due to his loyal nature, although Fox usually has something to say to him after his machinations fail. However, once Fox met King, he started to hang out with him over Bino, and even physically harmed him several times after Bino hurt King. Though Fox was always usually hesitant to side with Bino, as the comic progressed, he began to openly disagree with him. After the events of Love And War Fox realized what a bad friend Bino was and the two stopped being friends. In Wolf's Clothing he personally arrested Bino after he tried to steal a baby's pacifier.

Bailey

Originally Fox's cousin who used to live in Kansas, which Fox visited at times. They now live together because Chuck's (Bailey's previous owner) new place did not allow dogs. Since she calls Bill 'Daddy' now, she can be considered Fox's sister at the time. Even being cousins and later siblings they do not interact too much on their own, although Bailey convinced Fox to confess his feelings for Sasha in Love And War. Fox knew about Bailey being Pete's avatar in The Game, and went with King not only to Australia but also to Heaven to bring her back.

Sasha

Sasha was Bino's girlfriend for quite a time. After she broke up with Bino, Fox worked as part of Bino's plan to make all the other dogs seem worst than him, but he didn't stick to it once Sasha's feelings got hurt. After that they had a date-like night to make her feel better when he began to develop feelings for her. Later after comparing Sasha situation with Bino's friendship, Fox decided to confess his newest feelings to her although he could not after learning Sasha began to date Kevin, leaving him heartbroken. While in Heaven it was shown that Fox wishes to be muscular, possibly implying that he wants to be on par with Kevin. Fox has currently been heartbroken at the fact that Sasha has confessed trying to kill Keene Milton, though seems to realize that there might be someone else pulling the strings, and has sought assistance from Tarot to determine what's really going on. Fox did eventually learn that she was being brainwashed, but as he had disobeyed orders, he is temporarily suspended and retrained as an officer.

Trivia

• Fox's surnamed "Lindberg" and his popular bomber jacket, may be a reference to famous airplane pilot Charles Lindbergh.
• He claims in Fox Can't Let You Do That that his father gives him a big allowance.
  • This is possibly also shown in Housepets Babies! where he had a leather jacket and bo-staff.
  • Though in Nobody Gets Too Much he states that he can't afford international phone coverage.
• Fox is one of the few main characters not in a relationship.
  • However he did manage to attract two female Denizens from Heaven, but did not remember them after he returned (and he didn't pick up when they called him) though they later give him a card stating they would be visiting soon~