Dog Boy (2009) by Australian writer, Eva Hornung (pseudonym for Eva Sallis) was inspired by Ivan Mishukov, a Russian child who was born in 1992 and lived with dogs for about 2 years.

In Dog Bog, It is Romochka who has lived with doges for 2 years and appears to be 6 years of age when he is found on the streets of Moscow in 1998.

Beside Romochka, the majority of characters in Dog Boys are dogs as the pack of dogs become Romochka’s new family. Romochka learns how to behave like a dog and becomes adept at passing as either dog or boy.

Dog Boy won the 2010 Prime Minister’s Literary Award for Fiction.