Possible Clues:

• It's the turn of the southern deity to make them so beastly
• Shih Tzus, e.g.
• Pursues
• Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo
• Some family pets
• Have they gone to the tracks?
• Boxers one follows
• Word with top (head honchos)
• Cat Stevens provided it for The Tillerman
• Let sleeping ___ lie