A quote can move us to tears, inspire us to take action, or stop us in our tracks to paws and reflect. Quotes can tell a story in the same way that a picture tells a thousand words. These powerful phrases pack a lot of punch.
That’s why quotes can be a valuable source for Instagram caption inspiration, especially for pet content. The next time you’re struggling to find the right words to convey the right message, emotion or story behind your piece of content, consider using one of the dog-related quotes below.
List of 30 Dog Quotes For Your Next Instagram Caption
- “Everything I know I learned from dogs.” – Nora Roberts
- “Dogs do speak, but only to those who know how to listen.” – Orhan Pamuk
- “Dogs’ lives are too short. Their only fault, really.” – Agnes Sligh Turnbull
- “Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole.” – Roger Caras
- “The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs.” – Charles De Gaulle
- “Scratch a dog and you’ll find a permanent job.” – Franklin P. Jones
- “The dog is a gentleman; I hope to go to his heaven not man’s.” – Mark Twain
- “Anybody who doesn’t know what soap tastes like never washed a dog.” – Franklin P. Jones
- “Happiness is a warm puppy.” – Charles Shultz
- “Every dog must have his day.” – Jonathan Swift
- “A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself.” – Josh Billings
- “If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went.” – Will Rogers
- “You can usually tell that a man is good if he has a dog who loves him.” – W. Bruce Cameron
- “If you don’t own a dog, at least one, there is not necessarily anything wrong with you, but there may be something wrong with your life.” – Roger A. Caras
- “If you don’t own a dog, at least one, there may not necessarily be anything wrong with you, but there may be something wrong with your life.” – Roger Caras
- “No matter how little money and how few possessions you own, having a dog makes you feel rich.” – Louis Sabin
- “Dogs do speak, but only to those who know how to listen.” – Orhan Pamuk
- “Dogs have a way of finding the people who need them, and filling an emptiness we didn’t ever know we had.” – Thom Jones
- “Everyone thinks they have the best dog. And none of them are wrong.” – W.R. Purche
- “Once you have had a wonderful dog, a life without one, is a life diminished.” – Dean Koontz
- “Dogs leave pawprints on our hearts” – Author Unknown
- “We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment to animals.” – Immanuel Kant
- “The gift which I am sending you is called a dog, and is in fact the most precious and valuable possession of mankind” – Theodorus Gaza
- “A dog will teach you unconditional love. If you can have that in your life, things won’t be too bad.” – Robert Wagner
- “My fashion philosophy is if you’re not covered in dog hair, your life is empty.” – Elayne Boosler
- “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.” – Author Unknown
- “Thorns may hurt you, men desert you, sunlight turn to fog; but you’re never friendless ever, if you have a dog.” – Douglas Mallock
- “Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole.” – Roger Caras
- “Be the person your dog thinks you are.” – C.J. Frick
- “The average dog is nicer than the average person.” – Andy Rooney