Dan Harmon's Pets

Dan Harmon has three dogs, the most famous would be Nigel. This is due to Nigel surviving a coyote attack in June 2020, with Harmon sharing a video of it on Instagram saying, “Nigel is now the only dog I know to have been in a coyote’s mouth and lived. He’s in fine condition, on antibiotics and tramadol for four perfectly symmetrical fang holes, two on each of his little shoulders, as if a mouth the width of his body had simply plucked him off his feet. Clara was able to find the security footage of the attack, it’s not Penny Marshall level coverage but you can see this wily beast casually lope up to our patio and you can see the moment Nigel chooses, mid flight, to turn and fight, which I think has to be the only reason he’s alive. He instinctively bet his life that Jack Nicholson would be slightly less hungry than confused by an abruptly aggressive Michael Keaton. He’s a brave little man, which makes sense because he’s adopted. Nigel, not Michael Keaton”

Nigel is often thought as the inspiration for Snuffles, the Smith family dog on Rick and Morty, but the actual inspiration is Justin Roiland’s dog, Jerry.

Dan Harmon’s youngest pup is this swim-ready girl named Joan.

Harvey is the biggest of Dan Harmon’s three dogs and from Harmon’s Instagram, it seems Harvey has to put up with a lot of mischief from his smaller roommates Nigel and Joan.