Each of these clues a famous fictional dog. Indexing by the number of doge phrases spells out FRUIT WITH GENUS PSIDIUM. This gives the answer. The dogs, with the indexed letter, are:
cliFford
kRypto
plUto
odIe
toTo
snoWy
brIan
bolT
wisHbone
couraGe
kylE
saNtaslittlehelper
cerberUs
aStro
snooPy
laSsie
gromIt
scoobyDoo
eInstein
blUe
dogMatix
