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SpiritedDreaming wrote: They’re actually named after a book by Jack London called White Fang, which details the story of a dog as he goes from pampered house pet to basically a wolf. I’m pretty sure Gundam Wong references the same book.

You're thinking of Call of the Wild.

White Fang is about a wolf-dog (3/4 wolf, 1/4 dog) suffers a lot of abuse and becomes violent and cunning before being tamed and having a happy ending.