Instagram captions for dog photos, and our favorite quotes about dogs
We have always thought that adding a famous quote about dogs, or a funny caption to photos of our dogs that we put on Instagram always takes them to the next level. Sometimes you have the perfect photo, but you stare at your phone with writers block not able to find the right words to fit your post. We’ve done the work for you! Below you’ll find our curated list of famous dog quotes, cute dog captions from our inspiration boards, and our own original “dogizms” that make us laugh or want to squeeze our dog and never let him go!
Our favorite list of famous dog quotes:
“A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself.” - Josh Billings
“Happiness is a warm puppy.” - Charles M. Schulz
“When an eighty-five pound mammal licks your tears away, then tries to sit on your lap, it’s hard to feel sad.” - Kristan Higgins
“Don’t accept your dog’s admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful.” - Ann Landers
“Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole.” - Roger Caras
“I wonder if other dogs think poodles are membersof a weird religious cult.” - Rita Rudner
“The world would be a nicer place if everyone had the ability to love as unconditionally as a dog.” - M.K. Clinton
“No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as the dog does.” - Christopher Morley
“Dogs are better than human beings because they know but do not tell.” - Emily Dickinson
“Properly trained, a man can be dog’s best friend.” - Corey Ford
“There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face.” - Ben Williams
“The greatest fear dogs know is the fear that you will not come back when you go out the door without them.” - Stanley Coren
“Why does watching a dog be a dog fill one with happiness?” - Jonathan Safran Foer
“Every dog must have his day.” - Jonathan Swift
“Did you ever walk into a room and forget why you walked in? I think that is how dogs spend their lives.” - Sue Murphy
“My little dog - a heartbeat at my feet.” - Edith Wharton
“You think dogs will not be in heaven? I tell you, they will be there long before any of us.” - Robert Louis Stevenson
“It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog” - Mark Twain
“Some of our greatest treasures we place in museums, others we take for walks” - Author Unknown
“The most affectionate creature in the world is a wet dog.” - Ambrose Bierce
“The average dog is a nicer person than the average person.” - Andy Rooney
“I’m half-Irish, half-Dutch, and I was born in Belgium. If I was a dog, I’d be in a hell of a mess!” - Audrey Hepburn
“Many who have spent a lifetime in it can tell us less of love than the child that lost a dog yesterday.” - Thornton Wilder
“The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.” - Samuel Butler
“All his life he tried to be a good person. Many times, however, he failed. For after all, he was only human. He wasn’t a dog.” - Charles M. Schulz
“If you ain’t the lead dog, the scenery never changes.” - Lewis Gizzard
“You can always trust a dog that likes peanut butter.” - Kate DiCamillo
“A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of.” - Ogden Nash
“My goal in life is to be as good of a person my dog already thinks I am.” - Unknown Author
“Love is the emotion that a woman feels always for a poodle dog and sometimes for a man.” - George Jean Nathan
“The bond with a true dog is as lasting as the ties of this earth will ever be.” - Konrad Lorenz
“Scratch a dog and you’ll find a permanent job.” - Franklin P. Jones
“You want a friend in Washington? Get a dog.” - Harry S Truman
“Every dog has his day, unless he loses his tail, then he has a weak-end.” - June Carter Cash
“Even the smallest dog can lift its leg on the tallest building.” - Jim Hightower
“My fashion philosophy is, if you’re not covered in dog hair, your life is empty.” - Elayne Booster
“A dog is not ‘almost human’ and I know of no greater insult to the canine race than to describe it as such.” - John HolmesMC
“The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs.” - Charles de Gaulle
“If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went.” - Will Rogers
“People’s dreams are made out of what they do all day. The same way a dog that runs after rabbits will dream of rabbits. It’s what you do that makes your soul, not the other way around.” - Barbara Kingsolver
“Dogs lives are too short. Their only fault, really.” - Agnes Sligh Turnbull
You can always go with a classic quote — but sometimes an original “Dogizm” or funny anicdote about dogs is the best way to go for an instagram post!
“PAWsitive vibes only”
“I’m here for the PAWty”
“My stay-at-home-dog-mom loves me”
“This furry belly isn’t going to scratch itself”
“Do you ever look at your dog and think, how did I get so lucky?”
“As a matter of fact, yes, the world does revolve around my dog”
“In dog wines I’ve only had one”
“Handle every situation like a dog, if you can’t eat it or play with it, just pee on it and walk away.”
“I’m only talking to my dog today”
“What if I never find out Who’s a Good Boy?!”
“Bark Bark Bark, means I Love You in dog”
“If you want the best seat in the house, move the dog”
“Wake up. Hug dog. Have a good day.”
“I was told that I can be anything, so I chose Wonderdog”
“Every once in a while a dog enters your life and changes everything.”
“Beam me up, Frenchie”
“All you need is love, and a dog”
“Will someone please take me to Grandma’s House?”
“Eat, Play, Love”
“It’s almost Valentine’s Day and I still don’t know what to get my dog”
“It’s not much of a tail, but I’m sort of attached to it”
“The only person who understand me is my dog”
“Our love is FUR real”
“One day you’ll find someone who’s obsessed with you. It’s probably going to be a dog, but it is what it is.”
“They say ‘do what you love and money will follow’. So I had some wine and pet my dog. Now I wait.”
I care deeply for about 5 people in my life and about 500 dogs on instagram I’ve never met.”
“The best times of my life are measured in dog years.”
“When aliens see us walking our dogs and picking up their poop, who will they think is in charge?”
“Sorry I can’t my dog and I have plans.”
“I am one dog short of crazy.”
“Tell your dog I said Hi”
“Dogs are my favorite people”
“I work hard so my dogs can have nice things”
“Be kind to your dog. He is a few years of your life. But you are all of his.”
“A dog is the only relative you get to choose.”
“All my kids have paws”
“I wish I could text my dog”
“Yes. Please tell me more Dog-Dad-Jokes”
“Smooches from pooches fix everything”
“Be the person your dog thinks you are”
“It was me. I let the dogs out.”
“Dog hair is just part of the decor”
“Mom wake up I gotta go stand in the yard and sniff things instead of peeing”
“I bought a king-sized bed so my dog would be more comfortable”
“Some things fill your heart without trying”
“Hi! Yes, I would like a large order of attention, please”
“Do you ever sit and think to yourself how good of a dog I am?”
“My dog watching me pet the dog I told him not to worry about”
“Happiness starts with a wet nose and ends with a tail”
“My children bark”
“Let’s go for a sniff!”
“Pardon my Frenchie”
