125+ Short Dog Instagram Captions for Everyday Life, Summer, Winter, Beach Days, Sailing, City Living, and Adopting a Puppy
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The best short dog instagram captions, because you want everyone to focus on the cute pictures of your pup, not on a long caption.
If you’re like us, half of your camera roll is pictures of your dog. Okay, fine, it’s more than half! And what better thing to do with all of those dog pictures than to post them on Instagram for everyone to enjoy?!
Since your dog is so unbelievably cute (all dogs are), you really don’t need a long caption to accompany your photo. A short and simple cute, funny, or punny caption is all you need.
In this list you’ll find short Instagram captions for all kinds of photos of your dog, from regular everyday life snapshots, to summer adventures, beach days or boating days with your pup, and snowy days in the backyard. There are even captions for if your dog lives in, or is visiting, a city, and caption ideas for when you get a new puppy or adopt a rescue dog.
Now, what are you waiting for?! Start choosing your caption from the list below, because the world can always use another cute dog photo posted on Instagram.
Table of Contents:
Beach Dog Instagram Captions
- The best beach companion.
- Salty dog
- Having a paw-some time at the beach!
- Pup in paradise
- Sun, surf, sandy paws
- Beach boy / girl
- My beach dog
- Beach bum
- Leaving paw prints in the sand and in my heart.
- Sandy snouts are the sign of a good day.
- Enjoying my time at the beach
- Boop my sandy nose
- The beach + my dog = perfect day
- Sandy paws
- Going for a beach swim
- Beach days are my favorite
- Me and my beach buddy
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Boat and Sailing Dog Instagram Captions
- First mate
- Captain {insert dog name}
- Adventuring with my favorite pup.
- Docks, dinghies, dogs
- Learning the ropes
- Meet my new deckhand
- A true boat dog
- All I need to be happy is a boat and a dog
- Dock dog
- A salty pup
- My new deckhand is sleeping on the job.
- Took the pup for a sail around the {bay/harbor/lake}
- Deckhand…or doghand?
- Sea and be seen
Summer Dog Instagram Captions
- The dog days of summer
- Hot dog
- Sun’s out, tongues out.
- Sun, sniff, snooze, repeat.
- Dog day afternoon
- Walking on sunshine
- Summering hard
- Taking a summer snooze
- The dogs of summer
- Hello, sunshine
- Hot dog summer
- A summer dog, through and through
- Summer is for spending lazy days with my dog.
- A pupsicle for the pup
Swimming Dog Instagram Captions for the Ocean, Lake, or Pool
- Sun, swim, sleep, repeat.
- Doing the doggy paddle
- Taking a summer swim
- Splish-splash, doggy taking a bath
- My day is going swimmingly
- Puppy paddle
- Dog or fish?
- A dog taking a dip
Everyday Dog Instagram Captions
- The best boy / The best girl
- Doggy snuggles
- Pawsitive vibes only
- Life is ruff
- Play hard, nap harder.
- You can’t keep a good dog down.
- Must love dogs.
- I’m a VIP: Very Important Pup
- Will look cute for treats!
- I work hard so my dog can have nice things.
- She’s/He’s living rent free and still demands all of the belly rubs
- Turns out you CAN teach an old dog new tricks.
- Four-legged friends are the best kind of friends.
- Take time to paws and reflect.
- I’m mutts about you
- It’s a dog’s life. I’m just living in it.
- Stealing hearts and beds since {insert year your dog was born}
- Dogs are a girls best friend.
- Looking cute, as always.
- My life as a dog
- Boop my nose
- Thought I heard a treat bag open.
- Dog on the run
- “You ain’t nothin’ but a hound dog” – Elvis
- Spending time with my bestie
- Sunday Funday with my four-legged friend
- My BDFL: Best Dog For Life
Related: 100 Fun Beach Dog Names for Your Seaside Pup (or Cat)
City Dog Instagram Captions
- Unsuccessfully trying to avoid the pup-arazzi
- {insert dog name} and the City
- Puptown Girl
- Downtown dog
- Dog about town
- King / Queen of the City
- The coolest pup on the block.
- Welcome to the bark side.
- Having fun at the bark. I mean park.
- I was born to be a mutt-ropolitan dog.
- Breakfast at Sniff-any’s
- Hot pup in the city
- Looking paw-sh
- Enjoying the Barks and Rec this city has to offer.
- (Specific to NYC) A fun time at Central Bark
Rescue Dog Instagram Captions and Puppy Instagram Captions
- New pup in town
- Meet {insert dog name}!
- Got a new roommate
- New title: dog mom. (or dad)
- Who rescued who?
- Say hello to my new best friend
- Forever home: found.
- Rescued is my favorite breed
- Puppy love
- Cuteness overload
- Pup nap
- Puppy snuggles
- I’m mutts about this pup.
- That new puppy energy.
- Puppy perfection
- Howl did I ever live without you?
- My wild child
- Giving me puppy eyes
- Can’t promise this won’t turn into a dog account.
Winter Dog Captions
- Snow dog
- Frosty paws
- Walking in a winter woof-erland
- Barking through the snow
- My snow buddy
- Snow-pup
- Dog vs. Snow
- A dog of winter
- Turning into a pupcicle
- If you need me, I’ll be hibernating with my dog for the winter.
- Puppy, it’s cold outside.
- The abominable snow-pupper
- Snow bunny
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We know you have tons of great photos of your dog, so don’t let struggling to come up with the perfect caption hold you back. We hope you’ve found the perfect caption in this list of cute, funny, and punny dog captions.
Whether you’re looking for the perfect caption for everyday life with your dog, such as cute pictures at home, in your yard, or out on a walk, we’ve got you covered. And if you’ve taken your dog on a coastal adventure, like going to the beach or going sailing, you have great captions to choose from in this list. If you don’t live near the coast and instead reside in the city, captions for city life are in this list as well. If your dog pictures are more focused on summer or winter, you’ll find fun captions specific to these seasons, too.
When you decide to get a new puppy or adopt a dog from an animal rescue, it will be easy for your dog to make their Instagram debut with our puppy and rescue dog caption ideas.
Do you have any ideas for dog instagram captions? How often do you post pictures of your dog on Instagram? Let us know in the comments.
