What Kind of Dog is Scooby Doo?A quick trip to the internet reveals that Scooby-Doo is a Great Dane. One look at Scooby-Doo might have you shaking your head and wondering how he can possibly be labeled a Great Dane. His creator, Iwao Takamoto, made it clear that Scooby's looks were not an accident. Rather, he insisted that drawing him big and clumsy provided more comic opportunities.No Big MysteryScooby-Doo is the canine life partner of Shaggy, one of four characters that also include Velma, Daphne, and Fred, who travel around in The Mystery Machine, a van that was in the wrong line when subtle paint jobs were distributed, investigating eerie occurrences.Most of which turn out to be Old Man (insert any generic last name here) who was pretending to be a ghost haunting the (insert name of inn, museum, farm or other location) in order to keep it from being (sold, renovated, torn down, insert similar action).OriginsThe character known as Scooby-Doo was pitched as a Sheep Dog named Too Much, because of his creator