If you have a loving dog in your life, every day is like Valentine’s Day! Dogs love us unconditionally, which is part of their charm. If you want to show your love in a creative way, these 38 dog Valentine puns and sayings are perfect for the fellow pet lover in your life.
Puppy-Themed Valentine Puns
Urine in my heart forever, so ignore the puddle in the kitchen.
I get the zoomies because we’re roomies.
I was barking up the wrong tree until you adopted me.
Spoon and cuddle, ignore the piddle puddle.
A round of a-paws for being the best dog parent a pup could want.
You’re the most bark-tastic fur-end around.
Our bond is for pup-ternity.
You’re the ulti-mutt pet parent.
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Dog-Themed Valentine Puns
Doggone it, will you paw-lease be my Valentine?
This Valentine’s Day, you are under paw-rest for stealing my heart!
You are my pup of tea.
Whenever you have a ruff day, count on me to make you feel wonder-fur.
You’re simply paw-fect.
Valentine, you’re the only one fur me.
Valentine, you’re pretty fetching.
I hope we sit and stay together fur-ever.
You are a re-bark-able person.
Valentine Pet Sayings
Roses are red, violets are blue, if you don’t love dogs, I feel sorry for you.
Roses are red, dogs like to bark, let’s spend time together and pee in the park.
Roses are red, dogs go bark, take the day off and we’ll go to the park.
Roses are red, violets are blue, thanks for feeding me and picking up poo.
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Funny Dog Valentine Puns
Pugs, kisses, and poodles of love!
You’re the best! Fur-reals, no bones about it!
You are paws-itively fetching and I woof you!
I chews you to be my Valentine, I Shih Tzu not.
I’m mutts over you!
I ruff you so much, I’m barking from the wooftops.
I’m not too cool to drool for you on Valentine’s Day!
Hey, mother pupper, you’re the fur-st and best lady in my life.
Breed-Specific Valentine’s Puns
Valentine, you’re Poodles of fun.
Valentine, you are a-Mutt-zing.
Glad to have you a-Hound, Valentine.
I Lab you very much!
Collie me crazy, but I think you should be my Valentine.
No one can Terrier us apart.
I can’t imagine where I’d Beagle without you.
Valentine, you’ve got the Corg-key to my heart.
Muttin’ but love for you, Valentine!
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How to Create Your Own Dog Valentine’s Puns
If you like these puns, try your creativity and come up with your own! There are plenty of common phrases and Valentine’s Day sayings that you can alter a bit to create your very own dog-themed pun.
Here are some dog-related words to use for inspiration:
Bark: Can be used to replace words like remarkable (re-bark-able)
Bone: Can be used in words like bona fide (bone-afied)
Dog: Can be used for doggone
Fur: Can be used in words like forever (fur-ever) or wonderful (won-fur-ful)
Hound: Can be used with rhyming words or syllables like around (a-Hound) and astounding (a-Hound-ing)
Mutt: Can be used for rhyming words or syllables like nothing (Mutt-ing), amazing (a-Mutt-zing) and admit (ad-Mutt)
Paws: Can be used for words like positively (paws-itively), awesome (paw-some), possibly (paws-ibly), and please (paw-lease)
Pup: Can be used for perfect (pup-fect) or amazing (pup-mazing)
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Dog-related words can also be used to replace commonly used words, such as:
Beagle: be
Lab: love
Collie: call
Pugs: hugs
Ruff: love
Poodles: oodles
Terrier: tear
Woof: would
So, there’s your word bank and your theme, now you just have to come up with the pun. Ideally, puns should be common and recognizable phrases, so when you change a word, it’s still clear what it means.
For example, everyone knows “I love you” is associated with Valentine’s Day. You can make this into a pun by taking “love” out and replacing it with “ruff” (I ruff you) or “woof” (I woof you) since they sound similar.
Conclusion
Have fun with some dog puns for Valentine’s Day! Choose from this extensive list or use it as inspiration to come up with your own cute and memorable puns for pet owners. With enough practice, you could be a pun expert for Valentine’s Day and other holidays!
Nicole is the proud mom of 3 rescue fur babies, Baby, a Burmese cat; Rosa, a New Zealand Huntaway; and Mac, a Lab/Mastiff. A Canadian expat, Nicole now lives on a lush forest property with her Kiwi husband and new baby daughter in New Zealand. She has a strong love for all animals of all shapes and sizes (and particularly loves a good interspecies friendship) and wants to share her animal knowledge and other experts' knowledge with pet lovers across the globe....Read more
