Dogs

About

The dog is a furry, omnivorous mammal widely regarded as the first animal to have been domesticated by humans to assist in field labor, such as herding livestock and hunting, as well as to serve as a companion. Along with the cat, the dog has long been one of the most searched pet animals in the world and a popular subgenre of animal-themed viral videos, mainly due to their de facto status as the two most popular choices of mammals for domesticated pets.

Online History

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"Nobody Knows You're a Dog"

On July 5th, 1993, The New Yorker published a cartoon by artist Peter Steiner, which featured an illustration of a dog seated at a computer telling his canine companion that “on the Internet, nobody knows you’re a dog” (shown below). Years later on December 14th, 2000, The New York Times published an interview with Steiner in an article titled “Cartoon Captures Spirit of the Internet,” noting that the cartoon did not receive much attention initially, but steadily grew in popularity over many years.

Online Presence

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Fandom

The World's Ugliest Dog Contest

The World's Ugliest Dog Contest is an annual contest that takes place at the Sonoma-Marin County Fair where dogs compete for the titular crown. The contest, which has been running since the 1970s, has caused several unconventional-looking dogs to become famous. Each winner receives a $1000 prize and a trophy.^[2]

Notable Dogs

Birthday Dog

Birthday Dog is the nickname given to Riley, a bichon frise/poodle mix dog, after a photo of him sitting in a human-like pose at a kitchen table on his birthday was shared on Reddit in February 2010. The dog is known for his unique facial expression that makes him appear to be under the influence.

Sam the World's Ugliest Dog

Sam was a blind purebred hairless Chinese Crested owned by Susie Lockheed of Santa Barbara, CA. won the title of World’s Ugliest Dog from 2003-2005. Due to heart complications, Sam was euthanized on November 18, 2005, just shy of his 15th birthday. Shortly after, images of the dog went viral, popping up on Myspaces and forums worldwide.

Broccoli Dog

Broccoli Dog is the nickname given to an image of a dog sitting at a table with a plateful of broccoli, in which he takes an understandable disinterest.

Riot Dog

Riot Dog is a nickname given to both Kanellos (“Cinnamon” in Greek) and Loukaniko (“Sausage” in Greek), two stray dogs from Athens that became famous for their nearly ubiquitous presence during every major protest in Greece since 2008.

Cool Dog

Cool Dog is a nickname given to a leashed Shiba Inu dog with an elbow bent over what looks like a doghouse roof. Because of its awesomely cool-headed posture, the image gained traction on imageboard sites like 4chan and later evolved into an Advice Dog spinoff which is currently ranked #26 on MemeGenerator’s Top Tier. He has also been seen photoshopped into various “cool” places.

Cupcake Dog

Cupcake Dog is the nickname given to “Staines”, an Australian Shepard dog who made his TV debut on Animal Planet’s dog training show “It’s Me or the Dog.” In early 2009, the dog gained internet fame for its hypnotic staring at a plate full of cupcakes after the footage was uploaded onto YouTube.

The Call of Duty Dog

The Call of Duty Dog is the nickname given to Riley, a German Shepherd character featured in the official trailer for Call of Duty: Ghosts during Microsoft's Xbox One conference in May 2013.

Menswear Dog

Menswear Dog is the nickname of a Shibu Inu dog owned by New York City residents David Fung and Yena Kim, that is known for being photographed while wearing men’s apparel.

Earl the Grumpy Dog

Grumpy Puppy is a nickname given to Earl, a puggle (pug-and-beagle hybrid) from Davenport, Iowa who became the subject of online fame for its adorably irritated-looking facial expressions, in a similar vein to those worn by none other than Grumpy Cat.

Tonkey Bear

Tonkey, also nicknamed "Tonkey Bear" and "Bear Coat Tonkey," is a bear coat Shar Pei puppy from Edmonton, Canada who rose to viral fame online after several photographs of the fluffy, bear-like puppy went viral on Instagram and Facebook in July 2015. The dog was born in March 2015 in Edmonton, Canada, where she lives with her caretakers Christine Park and her boyfriend Dave Ngu. On May 31st, Park created an Instagram account for Tonkey with a portrait photograph of her, garnering more than 183,000 followers over the course of the next two months.

Related Memes

Advice Dog

Advice Dog is a popular image macro series that that features a picture of the head of a smiling puppy on a multicolored color wheel background split into 6 colors. Usual derivatives are often accompanied by two lines of text written in a guidance / advising format with the advice given usually being very poor, unethical or deplorable. Since its debut, the series has spawned dozens of spin-offs referred to as Advice Animals of an animal’s head on a color wheel background or merely just an animal (including humans) with their own archetype personalities using the same two line image macro formula.

"Yes, This is Dog"

Yes, This is Dog is an image macro series featuring a black Labrador anthropomorphized with the caption as if it is answering the telephone. The phrase and image have been remixed into a variety of different photographs often including other animals in anthropomorphic situations.

I Have No Idea What I'm Doing

I Have No Idea What I’m Doing is a catchphrase often used in image macro captions featuring photos of animals, typically canines, posed as if they are performing tasks associated with humans.

WHARRGARBL / Sprinkler Dog

WHARRGARBL is a caption/image macro that originated in 2008, picturing a dog trying to drink out of a sprinkler.

Insanity Puppy

Insanity Puppy is an advice animal image macro series of a siberian husky puppy with markings reminiscent of a cartoon villain. He is depicted as a younger version of Insanity Wolf, similar to Baby Courage Wolf. The text often consists of a over the top or psychotic reaction to something.

Lawyer Dog

Lawyer Dog is an advice animal style image macro series featuring a corgi dressed up in office attire, sitting at a desk with his paw on a book. The captions typically juxtapose legalese with canine-related puns.

Depression Dog

Depression Dog is an advice animal style image macro featuring a cut out photo of a taxidermic dog on color wheel background with shades of gray. The captions typically present bleak situations with a downtrodden outlook, similar to Forever Alone image macros.

Bussiness Dog

Bussiness Dog is an image macro series that that features a picture of a dog with suit. The captions usually includes something an office boss would do or request, but with a canine twist.

Good Dog Greg

Good Dog Greg is an advice animal image macro series that features a photo of a dog looking up toward the camera accompanied by captions portraying the dog as a selfless benefactor, similar to its precursor Good Guy Greg.

Unimpressed Dog

Unimpressed Dog is an advice animal image macro series featuring a photograph of a dog looking rather aloof set against the backdrop of a beautiful mountain vista atop Mt. Sherman in Colorado. The captions express the animal’s perceived indifference towards things that are deemed impressive, in a similar vein to Unimpressed Spock and Unimpressed McKayla.

Jealous Husky

Jealous Husky, also known as Pissed Off Husky, is an advice animal image macro series featuring a photograph of an annoyed-looking Alaskan Malamute dog seated next to a man and a woman on a snow-covered mountain. The captions typically portray the dog as his owner's overprotective bro with guarded feelings towards his girlfriend.

"I Dunno LOL"

I dunno LOL (emoticon: ¯\(°_o)/¯ ) is an expression denoting a sense of confusion, derived from the common English idiom "I don't know" and the acronym LOL which stands for "laugh out loud." Sometime in 2007, an image of a smiling dog titled Happy Dog was paired with the caption “I Dunno LOL.” The original photograph was first uploaded via Korean imageboard sites as early as in July 2003. The phrase may be more recognizable in its emoticon form ¯\(°_o)/¯, which depicts an ASCII-based character shrugging with arms raised up high.

Dog Fort

Dog Fort is a comics series, that are generally multipanes that include a recon team of dog lobsters, led by team leader Red Lobster, checking in with a communications officer named Dog Fort for further instructions

Techno Dog

Techno Dog is the name of a video featuring a dog dancing with techno music.

Human Dog

Human Dog is a series of YouTube videos, which show various pet dogs dressed in people’s clothes and doing things like eating a snack or reading the newspaper, with a bit of help from the puppeteer’s hands.

"My Faggot Dog"

"My Faggot Dog" is the name given to an image and copypasta of a picture of a dog with a smug expression, accompanied by a pleading call for help. The dog picture has been used as exploitable and reaction face.

Benton

Benton is a dog starring in a viral video where he chases a pack of deer while his owner screams his name repeatedly while attempting to catch him.

Stoner Dog

Stoner Dog is an image macro series featuring a picture of a dog that looks as if he is smiling. The background is typically adorned with marijuana leafs, and has smoke surrounding the dog’s face. The overlaid text generally makes some type of statement that could be associated with someone under the influence of marijuana.

Introspective Pug

Introspective Pug is an advice animal image macro series featuring a photograph of a pug dog looking out a window in the back seat of a car. The captions typically portray the dog as having a brooding, curious or philosophical internal monologue, often beginning with the phrase “I don’t know man, I just…”

Pun Dog

Pun Dog is a three-panel image macro series featuring photographs of an Alaskan Klee Kai dog with animal-themed puns and anticlimactic punchlines, in a similar vein to the advice animal characters Bad Joke Eel and Lame Pun Coon.

6O163's "DOG"

6O163's "DOG" is a YouTube video uploaded by 6O163 which presents a continuously reflecting and rotating picture of a dog and a musical part of the ending theme song of the 1990’s SNES game Super Mario World.

Financial Advice Dog

Financial Advice Dog is an advice animal image macro series featuring a Golden Retriever wearing eyeglasses and sitting at a desk with an open notebook. The captions juxtapose accounting jargons with canine puns, similar to those found in Business Dog and Lawyer Dog images.

Dogs Wearing Pantyhose

Dogs Wearing Pantyhose (Chinese translation: 狗狗穿丝袜 or "Gou Gou Chuan Siwa") is a Chinese photo fad in which dogs are photographed wearing black sheer tights.

Texts From Dog

Texts from Dog is a single topic blog featuring a series of fictional chat logs that supposedly take place between U.K.-based blogger October Jones and his pet bulldog. Since its launch in April 2012, Jones’ blog has been covered by several news publications and even turned into a book in October.

Noir Dog

Noir Dog is an advice animal image macro series featuring a black-and-white photograph of a dog staring out a window with captions depicting the canine as a brooding detective character typically associated with film noir.

Doge

Doge is a slang term for “dog” that is primarily associated with pictures of Shiba Inus (nicknamed “Shibe”) and internal monologue captions. The photos may be photoshopped to change the dog’s face or captioned with interior monologues in Comic Sans font.

Dogshaming

Dogshaming is a single topic blog featuring photographs of dogs with signs describing transgressions performed by the animal.

Dogs With Eyebrows

Dogs with Eyebrows is a photo fad in which dogs are photographed with eyebrows drawn on their faces. While some dogs are naturally born with eyebrow-like colorization, the fashion trend for pet dogs originated from East Asia in the early 2000s, as evidenced in an article published by the Chinese news site TVBS in March 2004 and a forum post submitted to the South Korean humor forum Bittalk on in October that year (shown below).

"Ahorita No, Joven"

"Ahorita No, Joven" (translated as Not now, young man or Not now, boy) is an image macro series that features dogs in comical poses, gesturing, or performing human activities, just as with another canine macro, Lucho. The image macro is commonly used as a reaction image to express indifference or dismissal, similar GTFO or Stop Posting.

Overly Excited Dog

Overly Excited Dog refers to a photoshop meme featuring a dog with an excited expression protecting a kitten on a brown couch. The meme became popular after the photograph of the dog was featured on Reddit. According to the poster, the dog is a mutt breed from a local shelter.

Sleep Tight Pupper

Sleep Tight Pupper is an "If You See This While Scrolling" image macro featuring a photograph of a Chihuahua dog wearing a hooded sweater while tucked into a bed, promising good night sleeps to whoever replies with the text "sleep tight pupper."

Tetsu the Robot Pet Dog

"Tetsu" the Robot Pet Dog (Japanese: 愛犬ロボ「てつ」, Aiken Robo "Tetsu") is a battery-operated stuffed animal toy produced by the Japanese toy company Iwaya.^[1] Because of its ridiculousness, the infomercial for this toy generated a lot of buzz among Japanese internet users and went on to spawn an extensive series of MAD videos on the Japanese video sharing site Nico Nico Douga (NND).

Shoob

Shoob is a slang term for a large, white herding dog known as a Samoyed. Known for it's fluffy white fur, Samoyed has received a similar treatment online to doge or shibe.

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