What does ๐ Dog mean?
A whole dog standing in profile, mid-trot. It feels more literal than the cute ๐ถ face, so it suits walk updates, park meetups, pet-sitting, adoption posts and lost-dog alerts. Some people use it to talk about loyalty, or to joke that they have been โworking like a dogโ all week. The Dog is also one of the twelve Chinese zodiac animals, so it appears in Lunar New Year greetings during Dog years.
๐ Dog is an emoji from the Animals & Nature category (mammals), added in Emoji 0.7 in 2014. People use it in messages about animal, animals, dogs and pet.
Example messages
๐ Dog on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Dog looks on each platform.
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Dog emoji: questions & answers
How do I copy and paste the Dog emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and ๐ is copied to your clipboard. Then paste it anywhere with Ctrl+V, Cmd+V or a long press on your phone. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can also type the shortcode :dog2:.
When was the Dog emoji added?
๐ Dog was added in Emoji 0.7, released in 2014. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Why does ๐ look different on my phone?
Every platform draws its own artwork for Dog. The underlying code (U+1F415) is the same everywhere, so the person you send it to always gets the same emoji, just in their deviceโs style. Compare the designs in the platform section above.