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49 Dog Birthday Puns to Send Yappy Birthday Wishes!

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Dogs are pawsitively awesome, but almost as good are adorable and funny (and occasionally cheesy) doggy puns. No matter what occasion arises, you can never have too many puns on hand! Dog birthday puns are particularly great for other canine lovers in your life who are celebrating birthdays (or celebrating a furry friend’s birthday). After all, what more furbulous way to show you care than with a punny birthday card or quip?

So, check out these 49 dog birthday puns to send your loved ones “yappy” birthday wishes. Whether you’re seeking funny, cute, or puns suitable for birthday cards, read on to find what you need!

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Cute Dog Birthday Puns

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If it’s a cute pun you seek, look no further than these options! They will liven up any birthday.

  • Don’t be late for the paw-ty!
  • For your birthday, let’s give the paw-parazzi something to bark about.
  • Fur reals, today’s your birthday, and that’s the bone-ified truth.
  • Happiest of birthdays to my favorite fur-end!
  • Happy fur-st birthday!
  • I won’t be a Mal-tease; I’d rather get right to the point: Unleash all the fun today!
  • It’s your bark-day—let’s paw-ty and woof it up!
  • Let’s have a ball!
  • My dog had a birthday pool paw-ty—all attendees were very good buoys.
  • Paw-ty people in the house!
  • Pup pup, hooray!
  • Raise the woof!
  • Ready to celebrate with your fave fur-end?
  • Time to paw-ty!
  • Time to unleash and celebrate your birthday!
  • Turn up the sub-woof-ers!

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For the Pups

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Ready for a hilarious pun to celebrate your new puppy? These puns celebrate your furry friend’s first birthday and beyond.

  • Eat. Sleep. Play. Poop. Repeat. Those are all the makings of a paw-fect barkday paw-ty.
  • For your in-fur-mation, you look bark-tastic on your barkday.
  • I checked your pee-mail. All your fur-ends wished you a happy birthday!
  • I’d never paws up the a-paw-tunity to wish you happy barkday.
  • If you thought I fur-got your birthday, you’d be fur-fetched.
  • It’s my paw-ty, and I’ll bark if I want to!
  • Now that you’ve gotten older, remember, don’t stop retrieving.
  • Puppy parties are the loudest because they turn up the sub-woof-ers volume.
  • You are so a-dog-able. Happiest of barkdays, and I love you furry much!

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Funny Dog Birthday Puns

dachshund dogs in birthday party
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Maybe you want to make everyone around you bark with laughter. If that’s the case, these hysterical puns will get the job done!

  • Dog-gone it, I fur-got your birthday. I am simply a-paw-ling sometimes.
  • I tried to throw my dog a picnic party, but it turned into a bark-beque.
  • Happy barkday! Time for re-tail therapy and bark-aritas!
  • It’s your barkday, motherpupper! Let’s raise the woof and get our wag on!
  • Keep calm and bark on? But it’s my birthday!
  • My dog wanted to start collecting other dogs for his birthday—I gave him a few Pointers.
  • You don’t need to worry about holding your licker on your birthday.
  • Pardon my Frenchie, but the leash I can do is celebrate your paw-tastic day!
  • The leash I can do is say I’m extremely paw-ssionate about your birthday.
  • What the fluff? Is it your birthday already?
  • You are a true legend on your birthday and always. I Shih Tzu not.
  • You’re a su-paw star who always nose how to celebrate.
  • You’re barking up the wrong tree if you thought I’d forget your birthday.

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For Birthday Cards

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Image Credit: Yama Zsuzsanna Márkus, Pixabay

If you’re making a homemade birthday card for your favorite dog-lover, these funny puns will absolutely hit the Spot.

  • As you turn another year older, remember anything’s paws-ible, no matter what age you are!
  • Dog-gone it, would you look at that! You’ve gotten another year wiser! Happy birthday!
  • For your birthday, you get the Corg-key to my heart.
  • Happy birthday, hope it’s fur-abulous!
  • I am the wizard Labracadabrador, and I grant you a paw-some birthday. Ruff you!
  • It must be someone’s birthday—the pup-arazzi are here!
  • It’s your birthday! Don’t terrier self up!
  • The 20s (30s, etc.) have ended their reign of terrier. Let the paw-some 30s (40s, etc.) begin!
  • Who let a fetching birthday girl in here?
  • You are glowing today! You deserve to be on the Vanity Fur cover.
  • You’re a year older?! Mind-beagle-ing!

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Conclusion

No matter whose birthday you’re celebrating, they’re sure to love this paw-some funny puns. Choose a cute one, a funny one, one for your favorite four-legged pal, or even one to go on a handmade birthday card, and you’re sure to brighten someone’s day. So, enjoy these paw-fectly paw-some barkday puns!


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