We've already learned that the brightest star in the sky is Sirius
Sirius is a star in the constellation Canis Major which means something like bigger dog.
![canis major](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c7/CanisMajorCC.jpg)
(from: wikipedia - canis major)
Sometimes Sirius is called the dog star, and the Canis Major constellation
is supposed to represent one of the dogs following around Orion the hunter.