A dog named Too Much was one of the characters and he played the bongos.

It includes spinoff novels, video games, board games, a comic book series and computer games.

The writers tried to make it clear that she was straight and attempted to pair her with Shaggy in the dance sequences.

He became a vegetarian during the second season and requested that Shaggy become one as well.
When Shaggy started eating meat again and he was asked to do a Burger King commercial, he quit.

They toned down the scary elements, focused on the dog instead of the humans and re-pitched it successfully.

It is called rhotacism and it is characterized by excessive use of the letter R.

So, they changed him to a sheepdog - but then he resembled Hot Dog from the Archie comics - so they went back to the original Great Dane.

They met with a dog breeder to get the characteristics right, but then they ended up throwing most of it out for a cuter and more floppier character.