Giant Multi-Headed Dog

A large, multi-headed dog with wings, this summon has a number of body piercings and Rinnegan, implying it is being controlled by Pain. It was modified by Pain using the Amplification Summoning Technique, so that it can split apart, when struck, into individual dogs that can then merge back together. It gains additional heads every time it splits in this way, and each duplicated head carries the Chakra Receiver and the Rinnegan like the original. It is first summoned during Pain's fight with Jiraiya, but Gamaken is able to fend it off. In the anime during the Six-Tailed Beast arc, it appears in front of Tsurugi and his Hunter-nin unit and attacks them. It is summoned again during his attack on Konoha, where it fights against Gamaken, Gamabunta, and Gamahiro. They are unable to prevent it from splitting and it only disappears once Naruto defeated its summoner.

This special summon can appear to alter its size-from several stories tall, to just as tall to fit underneath trees.

This dog also appears to be physically strong, since it broke through the ANBU Captains' Earth Release: Mud Fall, Lightning Release: Sixteen Pillar Bind and recieving minor burns from Fire Style: Firing Biscut Technique despite having its legs cut off by Wind Style: Wind Blade

Trivia

 * This animal summoning has the qualities of two Greek Mythological creatures, the Hydra (its abilities to produce more heads) and the Cerberus (its appearance of a dog with several heads).
 * This dog may be a ninken.