Blackdog is a hamlet approximately 2 miles north of the limits of the Aberdeen City council area in Scotland.

[2] In WW2, the beaches near Blackdog were mined in response to fears of a German invasion, resulting in several fatalities.

10 March 1941 at North Beaches of Blackdog, Sapper Leslie Alfred Whitney - Royal Engineers (age 23) when a "toadstool" he was arming detonated.

17 March 1941 at Millden Links, Corporal Charles Crowe - Gordon Highlanders (age 24) and on 18 March 1941 at Millden Links, Private Colin Innes - Gordon Highlanders (age 22) were all killed by landmines.

A public house called The Black Dog can be found in the nearby suburb of Bridge of Don, Aberdeen.