Yes and no. Even Ryan isn't sure if Wilfred is just a hallucination. Point is, to everyone he is a dog. To Ryan, he is a man in a dog suit.
Wilfred Lewis Hanchant has written: 'England is here' -- subject(s): Politics and government
Wilfred Owen was an English soldier and poet during WW1. His poem A New Heaven is about soldiers in France wondering about death.
In "The Send Off" Wilfred Owen is referring to British troops on their way to the battlelines in WWI. Owen fought (and died) in the Great War himself.
Actually, Shakespeare did have a dog and he named a character in one of his plays after his dog. The dog was called "Titus" and was the source of inspiration for Shakespeare's my violent and worse plays, Titus Andronicus. It is unclear whether Shakespeare hated his dog or not, but he did eat it. Probably, he ate it.
Sir Wilfred Thomason Grenfell
"Wilfred". There is also now an American version airing on FX.
Wilfred Burns's birth name is Bernard Wilfred Harris.
Wilfred Thesiger's birth name is Wilfred Patrick Thesiger.
Wilfred X's birth name is Wilfred Edgerton Little.
Wilfred Noy's birth name is Wilfred Noy Blumberg.
Wilfred Mellers's birth name is Wilfred Howard Mellers.
Wilfred Lehmann's birth name is Wilfred Edwin Lehmann.
Wilfred Owen's birth name is Wilfred Edward Salter Owen.
Wilfred Tull was born in 1916.
Wilfred Bigelow invented the pacemaker.
Wilfred Kirochi was born in 1969.
Wilfred Diepeveen was born in 1985.