110+ Best Dog Instagram Captions for the Cutest Pics of Your Pup

Updated: Mar. 29, 2024

Need a little help putting your dog’s extreme cuteness into words? This ulti-mutt list of clever dog Instagram captions will do the trick!

I don’t know about you, but my phone’s memory storage is nearly maxed out because I can’t resist taking pictures of my super cute doggo, Archer. But when I go to share the pics on social media, I get stuck trying to come up with the perfect dog Instagram captions.

Cute, comical, mischievous and quirky dog behavior gives us endless opportunities to snap everything from the angelic moments to the hilarious ones. But should you use earnest dog quotes to create the paw-fect tagline or go with something funny or sweet? Ugh, the dilemma is fur-real! Lucky for you, we’ve got more than a hundred captions for you to choose from for every adorable doggy photo.

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Cute dog Instagram captions

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  • My super sploot is the cutest thing you’ll see today.
  • Too cute for my own business.
  • If cuteness was a crime, he’d be serving a life sentence.
  • I’m looking fetching today, don’t you think?
  • Puppy dreams are the cutest!
  • On a scale of 1 to 10, how cute am I?
  • Will cuddle for Milk-Bones.
  • Chubby puppy belly.
  • Your daily dose of cuteness!
  • Bath time!
  • Stinkin’ cute … but not stinky!
  • How I sleep livin’ rent-free.
  • Snoozeroo.
  • Warning: I’m getting cuter every day.
  • Nothing beats the squish.
  • Working on my head tilts.
  • Could I be any cuter?
  • It’s sweater weather!
  • Cuddle with me?
  • How could anyone resist my chonky goodness?
  • Lapdog for life!
  • Captain of the snooze squad.
  • Shh—the baby is sleeping!
  • Taking a snooze before my next nap.

Your dog is the cutest and best dog ever (obviously), but it’s still fun to swoon over the cutest dog breeds as puppies.

Funny dog Instagram captions

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  • Did I hear the crinkle of the treat bag?
  • This Puppuccino is my reward for being a good boy!
  • Sometimes, I think my name is “Drop it!” instead of Max.
  • After circling her bed for 10 minutes, she finally found the sweet spot and went to sleep.
  • I didn’t do it! Blame the cat with the murder mittens!
  • Human, I demand you feed me!
  • Creating a dog-friendly work culture with waggy tails and slobbery kisses.
  • It’s all fun and games until someone ends up in a cone.
  • I am made of sugar and spice and everything nice (and the meatball I found under the table).
  • Full disclosure: All Christmas presents will have dog hair under the tape.
  • Thanksgiving goals: Gobble till you wobble, nap, repeat.
  • New puppy = no sleep.
  • I protect my house and watch over the baby human. What’s your superpower?
  • Be cool with the drool.
  • Word of the day: peanut butter.
  • Is there sumfin’ on my snoot?
  • Do not disturb me. I’m busy being adorable.
  • Dog recess: roll in mud, eat rabbit poop, bury a bone.
  • Did someone say walk?
  • Still trying to make fetch happen.
  • A little naughty all the time.
  • My floof gets me all the belly rubs.
  • Don’t stop retrieving!
  • Zoomin’ in the yard!
  • He has a dog bed. This isn’t it.

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Punny dog Instagram captions

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  • Let’s raise the woof!
  • Lab-racadabra! And just like that, my Lab made my PB&J disappear!
  • My pupster is the best dog in the world. I Shih Tzu not.
  • Cute as a poodle-bug!
  • Who wants a nibble of Yorkshire Terrier pudding?
  • The puggle is real.
  • Happy Howl-oween, party pups!
  • Dressin’ like pug-kin for Halloween!
  • Happy howl-idays from our pack to yours!
  • Howl you doing?
  • Yappy Holidays!
  • Love is a four-legged word.
  • Running after the ice cream truck to get my pup-sicle!
  • Paw-ty time at the dog park with my squad!
  • Don’t worry. Be yappy.
  • I’m sorry fur making a mess.
  • Paw-sitive vibes only!
  • Someone apparently paw-tied too hard.
  • Floofin’ on the floor … or an area rug?
  • My friends call me Chew-bacca.
  • I ruff a good ear scratch.
  • Life is ruff when you’re this cute!
  • Im-paw-tant announcement! I stopped barking at the vacuum!

Howling with laughter? Here are more dog puns that deserve a round of a-paws.

Instagram captions for you and your dog

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  • Today’s agenda: Eat, sleep, cuddle, repeat.
  • Stole my heart, my bed and my slippers. And I wouldn’t have it any other way.
  • Dog hair is my go-to accessory.
  • I wished for a partner who would be obsessed with me. Instead, I got a dog, and I couldn’t be happier!
  • I love being a SAHDM (stay-at-home dog mom).
  • I’d rather spend a cozy night in with my doggo than go out.
  • Chilly weather means more reasons to cuddle.
  • If you don’t parody every song to make it about your doggo, are you even a dog parent?
  • Snugglin’ your new puppy is way more fun than hugging a teddy bear.
  • How do you like our matching ugly Christmas sweaters?
  • I trust my dog to guard my house … but not my pizza.
  • My dog likes people more than other dogs. I like dogs more than people. We vibe.
  • Happy hour begins when my doggo greets me at the door with his happy dance.
  • My paw-some co-worker just stole the Zoom call!
  • You hold my heart, and I’ll hold your paw.
  • Hangin’ with my #1 today.
  • We are #soulmates.
  • Wrapped around my finger since day one.
  • First road trip!
  • Happy gotcha day! Forever grateful for my fur baby.
  • Be the person your dog thinks you are.
  • My woofer says everything will be pawlright, and I believe her.
  • First day of doggy daycare! I’m not crying. You’re crying.

Dog quote Instagram captions

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  • “My little dog … a heartbeat at my feet.” —Edith Wharton
  • “A well-trained dog will make no attempt to share your lunch. He will just make you feel so guilty that you cannot enjoy it.” —Helen Thompson
  • “Dogs do speak, but only to those who know how to listen.” —Orhan Pamuk
  • “A dog will teach you unconditional love. If you can have that in your life, things won’t be too bad.” —Robert Wagner
  • “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.” —Erica Jong
  • “The world would be a nicer place if everyone had the ability to love as unconditionally as a dog.” ―M.K. Clinton
  • “Dogs are better than human beings because they know but do not tell.” —Emily Dickinson
  • “When an 85-pound mammal licks your tears away, then tries to sit on your lap, it’s hard to feel sad.” ―Kristan Higgins
  • “If you think dogs can’t count, try putting three dog biscuits in your pocket and then give him only two of them.” —Phil Pastoret
  • “Acquiring a dog may be the only time a person gets to choose a relative.” —Mordecai Siegal
  • “Ever consider what our dogs must think of us? I mean, here we come back from a grocery store with the most amazing haul—chicken, pork, half a cow. They must think we’re the greatest hunters on earth!” —Anne Tyler
  • “I once decided not to date a guy because he wasn’t excited to meet my dog. I mean, this was like not wanting to meet my mother.” —Bonnie Schacter
  • “Everyone thinks they have the best dog. And none of them are wrong.” —W.R. Purche
  • “A dog is the only thing on Earth that loves you more than he loves himself.” —Josh Billings
  • “The most affectionate creature in the world is a wet dog.” —Ambrose Bierce
  • I don’t think twice about picking up my dog’s poop, but if another dog’s poop is next to it, I think, ‘Eww, dog poop!'” —Jonah Goldberg
  • “In order to keep a true perspective of one’s importance, everyone should have a dog that will worship him and a cat that will ignore him.” —Derek Bruce
  • “Dogs laugh, but they laugh with their tails.” —Max Eastman
  • “When most of us talk to our dogs, we tend to forget they’re not people.” —Julia Glass
  • “If I could be half the person my dog is, I’d be twice the human I am.” —Charles Yu

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