If you own a dog, you’ve probably had the urge to spin them into a meme at some point and spread it among your memebase. From facial expressions to adorable clinginess, our beloved four-legged companions can surprise you, make you laugh, and sometimes cry.
To prove it, we have selected 50 of the cutest and most hilarious canine pics. Not every image in this selection of funny memes features dogs, however. Some are about us and our emotional journeys as owners. Now that’s a little bit better since it hardly ever is about us.
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- “Having a dog can help your heart — literally.” Harvard Health, September 1, 2015. | https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/having-a-dog-can-help-your-heart--literally
- Maria Cohut. “Dogs: Our best friends in sickness and in health.” Medical News Today, August 26, 2018. | https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/322868#_noHeaderPrefixedContent
- Jack Shepherd. “Why the internet loves cats – not dogs.” The Guardian, March 16, 2014. | https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/mar/16/why-internet-loves-cats-not-dogs
- Elena Cresci. “Cats v dogs: which animal owns the internet?” The Guardian, September 6, 2016. | https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/sep/06/cats-dogs-internet-memes-lolcats-keyboard-grumpy#:~:text=Somewhere+in+the+history+of,feline+friends+were+quickly+everywhere