310 Best Dog Love Quotes, Puns, and Captions

Looking for the best dog love quotes that will touch any pet parent’s heart? We’ve got you covered with dog love quotes, cute canine captions, fun puns, and more.

Dogs love unconditionally. There’s no better way to celebrate the love of a dog than to share these touching, warm, and funny quotes, puns, and captions.

Each of these sayings and captions has been hand-selected for true dog lovers. They will surely resonate and tug at the heartstrings of the those who love dogs.

Dogs have an unique ability to touch our hearts and bring people together. Brighten the life of those who share your love of dogs with this special curated collection.

How To Use Our List of Dog Love Quotes, Puns, and Captions

Here’s how to use our extensive list of dog love quotes, dog puns, and captions:

Greeting Cards: As a fun way to sign your Valentine or anytime greeting cards

Social Media Posts: Fun captions for Instagram and other social media platforms

Photo Fun: Captions for dog photos you send out in emails or snail mail

Dog Lover Gifts: For t-shirts and sweatshirt gifts to dog lovers to proclaim their unconditional love

DIY Gifts: On homemade ornaments, frames, bandanas, etc. with your dog’s name

On Gift Tags: Include a cute dog love quote, pun, or caption to the recipient of any gifts

Put the Fun in Fundraising: To help dog rescues with fundraisers and charitable initiatives

Dog-Related Businesses: Pet supply stores, dog trainers, dog groomers, and others can use them in marketing campaigns

Photo Albums and Scrapbooking: Add to customized photo albums and scrapbooks

Dog-Themed Calendars: For an endearing touch in homemade canine calendars 

Video Titles and Captions: Copy and paste these into your online shareable videos

FUN DOG LOVE FACT: 82 percent of Americans fell in love at first sight with their dogs. (Rowan Survey, 11/08/21)

Best Dog Love Quotes To Warm Your Heart

These dog love quotes are perfect for Valentine’s, birthday, or anytime cards or social media posts. Oh, and yes, dogs can fall in love.

1. My heart beats dog.® – Carol Bryant
2. If I could be half the person my dog is, I’d be twice the human I am. – Charles Yu
3. Did you know there are over 300 words for love in canine? – Gabriel Zevin
4. Dogs never lie about love. – Jeffery Masson
5. Money can buy you a fine dog, but only love can make him wag his tail. – Kinky Friedman
6. A dog will teach you unconditional love. If you can have that in your life, things won’t be too bad. – Robert Wagner
7. It’s hard not to immediately fall in love with a dog who has a good sense of humor.- Kate DiCamillo
8. I think dogs are the most amazing creatures; they give unconditional love. For me, they are the role model for being alive. – Gilda Radner
9. Falling in love is like owning a dog.- Taylor Mali
10. There is nothing truer in this world than the love of a good dog. – Mira Grant 
11. Bliss is the result of a silent conversation between me and my dog. – Author Unknown
12. The journey of life is sweeter when traveled with a dog. – Unknown
13. When a dog is in your life, there’s always a reason to laugh. – Unknown
14. Dogs have a way of finding the people who need them. – Thom Jones
15. It’s amazing how much love and laughter dogs can bring into our lives. – Unknown 
16. Sometimes the best medicine is a dog who thinks their love can cure you. – Unknown
17. A dog is a bundle of pure love, gift-wrapped in fur. – Unknown
18. Dogs do speak, but only to those who know how to listen. – Orhan Pamuk
19. A dog does not know how to spell love, but he knows how to show it every day. – Unknown
20. A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than himself. – Josh Billings

Love-Inspired Dog Puns

These love-inspired dog puns are great for sharing with your true love, a romance in bloom, or to a fellow dog lover that means the world to you.

1. Our love is so strong, it’s un-bark-able!
2. It’s the leash I can do, my love
3. Let’s embark on this journey of love together, paw in paw
4. You’re the paw-sibility I never knew I needed in my life.
5. I’m not corgi-ng my words; you’re the one who makes my heart skip a beat.
6. Pugs and kisses
7. You Mastiff fallen from heaven because you are my angel.
8. I’m mutts about you. 
9. I ruff you so much, I’m barking it from the wooftops!!
10. Cocker kisses and wigglebutt wags.
11. You must swim in ocean because you give my dog life a porpoise.
12. You are a re-bark-able dog mom.
13. I love you with all my bark, and there’s no bones about it!
14. I get the zoomies because we are roomies.
15. Sweetheart, you must be a rose garden, because I really dig you.
16. Muttin’ could ever come between us, sweetie.
17. Loving you is Poodles of fun.
18. I wuff having you in my life.
19. You’re the doggone love of my life.
20. Don’t stop Retrieving in me.
21. Woof you be mine?
22. You are my diamond in the ruff.
23. When it comes to the love of my life, I will always chews you.
24. I am so happy to have found some-pawdy as wuff-derful as you!
25. Pawdon the inter-ruff-tion, but you make my heart skip a beat.
26. Be my favorite Mother Pupper.
27. Then I saw her face and I’m a Retriever.
28. I Shih-Tzu not, there is no one else who owns my heart but you.
29. Don’t go bacon my heart, babe.
30. I love you so furry much!
31. You are my pup of tea!
32. I’m not to cool to drool for you.
33. I beg your paw-don, I promise you a rose garden.
34. Wanna hear my pickup line? It’s ‘howl you doin’?’
35. I love you fur-ever and fur-real.
36. I stopped barking up the wrong tree when you came along, babe.
37. Let’s raise the woof on our love story.
38. You’ve de-paws-ited your heart into my bank of love.
39. No bones about it, you put the spring in my step.
40. You are my best fur-end and true love.

Dog Love Captions for Photos and Cards

1. Wet nose, warm heart, and endless love.
2. Life is better with a dog by your side.
3. Our love story is written in paw prints.
4. Love is letting your dog hog the bed.
5. Love is a tummy rub away.
6. Adopting you was the best decision I ever made.
7. Dog hair, don’t care.
8. Heart full of love and pocket full of treats.
9. Love is a four-legged word.
10. Love is a warm puppy snuggle on a chilly day.
11. Life and love are merrier with a terrier.
12. You had me at “woof woof.”
13. Living that doggy dream life: naps, treats, and belly rubs
14. Pro tip: Always make time for a good butt sniff. It’s like doggy LinkedIn.
15. Behind every great person, there’s a dog rolling its eyes.
16. Just a girl trying to teach her dog how to take the perfect selfie.
17. Love is a tail-wagging, tongue-licking, heart-melting experience.
18. My dog is not spoiled; he’s just selective about his lifestyle.
19. My dog is my therapist. His office hours are 24/7, and payment is accepted in treats.
20. When life gets ruff, just add more belly rubs.
21. My dog is my spirit animal… mainly because he sleeps 16 hours a day.
22. Love is when your dog’s happiness means the world to you.
23. Dogs make the simple things extraordinary.
24. Life is better with a dog’s perspective—always looking up!
25. Life is short; pet all the dogs you can.

Funny Dog Quotes

1. “My dog is not a lap dog, he’s a personal space invader.” – Unknown
2. “My dog thinks he’s human. I’m starting to believe him.” – Unknown
3. “I’m calling in sick today, I came down with puppy fever.” – Unknown
4. “Whoever said diamonds are a girl’s best friend never owned a dog.” – Unknown
5. “My dog is not a diva, she’s just confident.” – Unknown
6. “Dogs are not just pets, they’re four-legged love machines.” – Unknown
7. “My dog is not a beggar, she’s a food critic.” – Unknown
8. “My dog thinks I’m a superhero because I can open the peanut butter jar.” – Unknown
9. “My fashion philosophy is, if you’re not covered in dog hair, your life is empty.” – Elayne Boosler
10. “I have caught more ills from people sneezing over me and giving me virus infections than from kissing dogs.”  – Barbara Woodhouse
11. “My dog is not a vacuum cleaner, he’s a floor treat inspector.” – Unknown
12. “My dog is not a snob, she just knows what she likes.” – Unknown
13. “My dog is not a snack thief, he’s a food liberator.” – Unknown
14. “I deeply care for about 5 people in my life and about 2,000 dogs on the internet that I’ve never met.” – Unknown
15. “I’ve trained my dog to bring me a glass of wine. It’s a lot easier than training a spouse.” – Unknown

Inspirational Dog Quotes

1. Dogs are like that, I guess. They know how to fix you without ever saying a word. – Caroline George
2. I think dogs are the most amazing creatures; they give unconditional love. For me, they are the role model for being alive. – Gilda Radner
3. Once you have had a wonderful dog, a life without one is a life diminished. – Dean Koontz
4. The bond with a true dog is as lasting as the ties of the earth ever will be. – Unknown
5. People love dogs. You can never go wrong adding a dog to the story. – Unknown
6. My dogs have been the reason I have woken up every single day of my life with a smile on my face. – Jennifer Skiff
7. Opening up your life to a dog who needs a home is one of the most fulfilling things you can do. – Emma Kenney
8. If you’re lucky, a dog will come into your life, steal your heart, and change everything. – Unknown
9. You know, a dog can snap you out of any kind of bad mood that you’re in faster than you can think of. – Jill Abramson
10. Dogs are a girl’s best friend. – Unknown
11. Why does watching a dog be a dog fill one with happiness? – Jonathan Safran Foer
12. Life is better with a dog. – Unknown
13. No matter how little money and how few possessions you own, having a dog makes you rich. – Unknow
14. No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as the dog does. – Christopher Morley
15. I just want to be a stay at home dog mom. – Unknown
16. A dog will teach you unconditional love. If you can have that in your life, things won’t be too bad. – Robert Wagner
17. Dogs are our link to paradise. – Mila Kundera
18. Dogs have a way of finding the people who need them and filling an emptiness we didn’t ever know we had. – Thom Jones
19. Scratch a dog and you’ll find a permanent job. – Franklin Jones
20. Is there a nicer feeling than being in a room full of people and the dog chooses to come sit next to you? I think not. – Unknown

Dog Love Jokes

1. Our dog brings us the newspaper every day. Funny thing is, we’ve never subscribed to any. – Unknown
2. What do you call a large loving dog that meditates? Aware wolf.
3. A dog goes into a bar and orders a martini. The bartender says, “You don’t see a dog in here drinking a martini very often.” The dog says, “At these prices, I’m not surprised.
4. A Canadian psychologist is selling a video that teaches you how to test your dog’s IQ. Here’s how it works: if you spend $12.99 for the video, your dog is smarter than you.
5. Why did the dog resign from his job? The work was too ruff.
6. When you cross a dog with a cougar, what do you get? A lot of trouble with a postal carrier.
7. What kinds of outdoor markets do dogs despise? Flea markets.
8. What happens when a dog loses its tail? It goes to the retail store to buy a new one.
9. I tell ya, my dog is lazy. He doesn’t chase cars. He sits on the curb and takes down license plate numbers.
10. When you cross an aggressive dog with a computer, what do you get? A lot of bites
11. What do you call a dog that can’t bark? A hushpuppy.
12. Why did the dog cross the road? The chicken was on Valentine’s Day break.
13. How are a dog and a marine biologist alike? One wags a tail and the other tags a whale.
14. What does a dog and a cell phone have in common? They both have collar I.D.
15. What do you get when you cross a dog and a ballpoint pen? Ink spots.
16. After accidentally swallowing Buzz Lightyear, what did the dog say to Woody? “You got a friend in me.”
17. “We’re eating dinner soon. Don’t fill up on homework.” — Dog mom
18. What did the 3-legged dog say as he barged into the old west saloon? “I’m looking for the man that shot my paw!”
19. How does a dog stop a television show? He presses paws.
20. What do you call a left-handed Boxer? A south paw!
21. Who is the dog’s favorite comedian? Growlcho Marx.
22. What’s a dog’s favorite type of pizza? Pupperoni.
23. When you cross a frog with a dog, what do you get? A croaker spaniel.
24. What dog keeps the best time? A watchdog.
25. What do you get when you cross a dog and a calculator? A friend you can count on.
26. Why was the dog such a good storyteller? He knew how to paws for dramatic effect.
27. Why do dogs love conjunctions? They just love buts.
28. Dogs have no money. Isn’t that amazing? They’re broke their entire lives. But they get through. You know why dogs have no money? No pockets. – Jerry Seinfeld.
29. Husband: It is raining cats and dogs now
    Wife: That is ok, so long as it doesn’t reindeer.
30. I adopted a dog from a blacksmith, and when I got him home he made a bolt for the door.

Captions About Puppies

1. And they call it puppy love.
2. Sending puppy kisses and tail wag wishes
3. I live with my paw-rents
4. If you think I’m cute, you should see my mom (or dad).
5. Little puppy, big heart.
6. Fluffy cloud of joy alert
7. Puppy love is the best kind of love.
8. Status: Cute AF. 
9. Brace yourselves for the aww-apocalypse.
10. Heartstrings officially tugged.

FACT: Pet are not the perfect holiday gift.

Dog Lovers Quotes

1. Only my dog will not betray me. – Unknown
2. Animals are such agreeable friends. They ask no questions, they pass no criticisms. – George Elliot
3. Humans are a dog’s best friend. Love them back as much as they love us. – Roger Lee
4. I never knew true love until I adopted my dog. – Unknown
5. Dogs are better than human beings because they know but do not tell. – Emily Dickinson
6. When an eighty-five pound mammal licks your tears away, then tries to sit on your lap, it’s hard to feel sad. – Kristan Huggins
7. It’s no coincidence that man’s best friend cannot talk. – Unknown
8. Acquiring a dog may be the only time a person gets to choose a relative. – Mordecai Siegal
9. One reason a dog can be such a comfort when you’re feeling blue is that he doesn’t try to find out why. – Christopher Morley
10. A dog is the only thing that can mend a crack in your broken heart. – Judy Desmond
11. Happiness is a warm puppy. – Charles M. Schulz
12. Dogs got personality. Personality goes a long way. – Quentin Tarantino
13. I like dogs. You always know what a dog is thinking. It has four moods. Happy, sad, cross and concentrating. – Mark Haddon
14. Dogs are our link to paradise. They don’t know evil or jealousy or discontent. To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not boring — it was peace. – Milan Kundera
15. Dogs have given us their absolute all. We are the center of their universe. We are the focus of their love and faith and trust. They serve us in return for scraps. It is without a doubt the best deal man has ever made. – Roger A. Caras
16. The bond with a true dog is as lasting as the ties of this earth will ever be. – Konrad Lorenz
17. We are alone, absolutely alone on this chance planet; and amid all the forms of life that surround us, not one, excepting the dog has made an alliance with us. – Maurice Maeterlinck
18. 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
19. Folk will know how large your soul is by the way you treat a dog.” – Charles F. Doran
20. Everything I know, I learned from dogs. – Nora Roberts
21. A dog has one aim in life . . . to bestow his heart. – J.R. Ackerley
22. Dogs and angels are not very far apart. – Charles Bukowski
23. Dog is God spelled backward. – Duane Chapman
24. The kindness lavished on dogs, if evenly distributed, would establish peace on earth. – William Feather
25. Everyone thinks they have the best dog. And none of them are wrong. – W.R. Purche

Loss of Dog Quotes to Heal Your Heart

1. Dogs’ lives are too short. Their only fault, really. – Agnes Sligh Turnbull
2. Dogs come into our lives to teach us about love. They depart to teach us about loss. A new dog never replaces an old dog, it merely expands the heart. If you have loved many dogs your heart is very big. – Erica Jong
3. With their love so pure, dogs must go to heaven. They run free and wait patiently for your hearts to merge once more. – Unknown
4. While losing a dog is painful, loving that dog during their time on earth was so worth it. – Unknown
5. It came to me that every time I lose a dog they take a piece of my heart with them. And every new dog who comes into my life, gifts me with a piece of their heart. If I live long enough, all the components of my heart will be dog, and I will become as generous and loving as they are. – Unknown
6. I loved you for your whole life and I’ll miss you for the rest of mine. – Unknown
7. Some angels choose fur instead of wings. – Unknown
8. When you feel me in your heart, look up and I’ll be right there. – Unknown
9. What we have once enjoyed we can never lose; All that we love deeply becomes a part of us. – Helen Keller
10. You think dogs will not be in heaven? I tell you, they will be there long before any of us. – Robert Louis Stevenson
11. Dogs die. But dogs live, too. They live brave, beautiful lives. They protect their families. And love us. And make our lives a little brighter. And they don’t waste time being afraid of tomorrow. – Dan Gemeinhart
12. I heard somebody define heaven once as a place where, when you get there, all the dogs you ever loved run to greet you. – Robert B. Parker
13. A good dog never dies. He always stays. He walks beside you on crisp autumn days when frost is on the fields and winter’s drawing near. His head is within our hand in his old way. – Mary Carolyn Davies
14. The risk of love is loss, and the price of loss is grief. But the pain of grief is only a shadow when compared with the pain of never risking love. – Hilary Stanton Zunin
15. Sometimes losing a pet is more painful than losing a human because in the case of the pet, you were not pretending to love it. – Amy Sedaris
16. Never. We never lose our loved ones. They accompany us; they don’t disappear from our lives. We are merely in different rooms. – Paulo Coelho
17. The bond with a dog is as lasting as the ties of this earth can ever be. – Konrad Lorenz
18. Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because it happened. – Dr. Seuss
19. Grief is like the ocean; it comes on waves ebbing and flowing. Sometimes the water is calm, and sometimes it is overwhelming. All we can do is learn to swim. – Vicki Harrison
20. Like a bird singing in the rain, let grateful memories survive in time of sorrow. – Robert Louis Stevenson
21. His ears were often the first thing to catch my tears – Elizabeth Barrett Browning
22. You know, a heart can be broken, but it keeps on beating, just the same. – Fannie Flagg
23. To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die. – Thomas Campbell
24. Dogs teach us the purest kind of love, and that can never die. – Unknown
25. Yes, it’s true that a living being can’t ‘un-die,’ but they also cannot ‘un-live.’ Hold tight to the life lived until you meet again. – Carol Bryant
26. Death ends a life, not a relationship. – Jack Lemmon
27. There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief. – Aeschylus
28. They say time heals all wounds, but that presumes the source of the grief is finite. – Cassandra Clare
29. Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal. – From an Irish Headstone
30. Although it’s difficult today to see beyond the sorrow, may looking back in memory help comfort you tomorrow. – Unknown
31. I  should know enough about loss to realize that you never really stop missing someone – you just learn to live around the huge gaping hole of their absence. – Alyson Noel
32. When you crossed the Rainbow Bridge, a piece of my heart went with you. That shard of my heart rolls down my cheeks when I think of you. – Unknown
33. You were my favorite hello and hardest goodbye. – Unknown
34. It takes strength to make your way through grief, to grab hold of life and let it pull you forward. – Patti Davis
35. When tomorrow starts without me don’t think we’re far apart. For every time you think of me, I’m right here in your heart. – Unknown
36. My pawprints may no longer be in your house, but they will forever be in your heart. – Unknown
37. Once by my side, forever in my heart. – Unknown
38. How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard. – Winnie the Pooh
39. Your wings were ready, but my heart was not. – Unknown
40. Not the least hard thing to bear when they go from us, these quiet friends, is that they carry away with them so many years of our own lives. – John Galsworthy

Dog Sayings For Valentine or Anytime

1. Here’s a tail-wagging smooch for you.
2. Woof you be mine?
3. I really dig spending time with you, my love.
4. Move over bae, there’s a new pup in town.
5. Roses are red, violets are blue, I love you so much because you pick up my poo.
6. All you need is love and a dog.
7. Pugs and kisses.
8. You had me at “arooooo!”
9. Love is a journey we walk together – hand in paw.
10. You’re the treat to my training, Valentine.
11. You make my heart skip a bark.
12. I run in doggone circles for your love.
13. Thanks for being my cuddle buddy and paw-tner in crime, Valentine.
14. Our love story is written in pawprints.
15. Of all the Valentines in the world, I ‘chews’ you.
16. The snuggle is real with you, Valentine.
17. My Valentine is paws above the rest.
18. Free kisses (warning: may come with slobber)
19. I feel so fur-tunate to be loved by you.
20. Valentine, you look mighty fetching.
21. Muttin will ever come between us.
22. Not to cool to drool for you.
23. It’s im-paw-sible to ruff anyone more than I ruff you.
24. Sweetheart,  I give you a round of a-paws for how wonder-fur you are.
25. There’s no bones about it—you’re my Valentine.
26. Happy Valentine’s Day to a rebarkable pal.
27. I’ve got a mastiff crush on you, sweets.
28. Will you spaniel the day with me, Valentine?
29. I labradore you!
30. You’re the ultimutt friend, Valentine.
31. I’ve looked for some-pawdy like you my whole life.
32. It’s a wonder-ful life, Valentine.
33. I am corgi-rageous enough to tell you that you are totally pawsome!
34. Four paws, two hearts, one forever love.
35. My dog is my Valentine.
36. Spending my Valentine’s Day with the one who loves me for who I am and is always happy to see me: my dog.
37. I worship the ground you poop on.
38. I love you more than anything. Except my dog. Happy Valentine’s Day.
39. Roses are red, violets are blue, the dog is my favorite, but you’re okay, too.
40. Dogs are the flowers in life’s garden, Valentine.

Dog is Best Friend Captions and Quotes

1. No greater friendship exists than that of a good dog. – -Unknown
2. I have found that when you are deeply troubled, there are things you get from the silent devoted companionship of a dog that you can get from no other source. – Doris Day
3. In order to really enjoy a dog, one doesn’t merely try to train him to be semi-human. The point of it is to open oneself to the possibility of becoming partly a dog – Edward Hoagland
4. Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends. – Alexander Pope
5. The poor dog, in life the firmest friend. The first to welcome, foremost to defend. – Lord Byron
6. Life is a series of dogs. – George Carlin
7. When I look into the eys of an animal, I do not see an animal. I see a living being. I see a friend. I feel a soul. – A.D. Williams
8. No animal I know of can be more of a friend and companion than a dog. – Unknown
9. Be kind to all pets and animals because they will be kind back to you. – Wesley Porter
10. A dog is a good friend of a man and perhaps better than many of his best friends. – Anij Somany
11. A dog is one of the remaining reasons why some people can be persuaded to go for a walk. – O.A. Battista
12. Properly trained, a man can be dog’s best friend. – Corey Ford
13. Did you know that there are over 300 words for love in canine? – Gabriel Levin
14. The dog lives for the day, the hour, even the moment. – Robert Falcon Scott
15. Be the person your dog thinks you are. – C.J. Frick
16. The love of a dog is a pure thing. He gives you a trust which is total. You must not betray it. – Michel Houellbecq
17. Before you get a dog, you can’t quite imagine what living with one might be like; afterward, you can’t imagine living any other way. – Caroline Knapp
18. The greatest 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.
19. I’m a huge dog person; I love to hug and kiss them. – Danielle de Niese
20. I love a dog. He does nothing for political reasons. – Will Roger

Canine Versions of Love Songs x25

1. I Will Always Ruff You
2. To Make You Feel My Fur
3. Can’t Help Barking In Love
4. How Deep Is Your Woof
5. Unchained Mutt-ody
6. Endless Ruff
7. The Fur-st Time Ever I Saw Your Face
8. My Bark Will Go On
9. Fur-ever and Ever, Amen
10. The Im-paws-ible Dream
11. You’re My Best Fur-end
12. Some-pawdy To Love
13. Woof Beneath My Wings
14. I Just Called To Say I Wuff You
15. You’re My Fur-st, My Last, My Everything
16. Never Tear Us A-Pawt
17. I’ll Wag By You
18. Hold On Fur-ever
19. Ain’t No Muttin High Enough
20. Sweet Puppy O’Mine

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