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65 Dog Valentine Puns & Sayings: Mutts About You!

cute dog in a valentines themed photo

If you have a loving pup in your life, every day is like Valentine’s Day! Dogs adore us unconditionally, which is part of their charm. If you want to show your affection in a creative way, these dog Valentine puns and sayings are perfect for the fellow pet lover in your life.

Puppy-Themed Valentine’s Day 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.
  • Life would be ruff without you, I’m paws-itively smitten.
  • I’m head over paws in love with you!
  • You’ve got me wrapped around your paw.
  • You had me at woof.
  • Fur-get the rest, you’re the only one for me!
puppy with heart pillow
Image Credit: Dorottya Mathe, Shutterstock

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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.
  • I don’t need a leash to be attached to you.
  • You make my heart wag.
  • You’re the bark to my bite!
  • No bones about it, I’m barking mad for you!
  • Let’s raise the woof this Valentine’s Day!
  • You are a bone-afied catch!

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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.
  • Roses are red, violets are blue, I’d fetch you the world, if you wanted me to.
  • Roses are red, tennis balls are green, You’re the best human I’ve ever seen!
  • Roses are red, violets are blue, You smell like treats, so I’ll stick to you!
  • Roses are red, violets are blue, My tail wags faster when I’m with you!
cute dog with a heart shaped pillow
Image Credit: Ermolaeva Olga 84, Shutterstock

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Funny Dog Valentines Day 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.
  • I must ad-mutt that you’ve fetched my heart!
  • You are simply a-hound-ing!
  • You’re the most won-fur-ful person I know
  • The way you make me feel is pup-fect
  • I’m falling in puppy-love with you
  • You’re the hole in my backyard, I dig you!
  • Love is a four-legged word

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Dog 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!
  • I have a Mastiff crush on you
  • You make me feel spaniel-tastic!
  • I Chihua-wanna spend my life with you
  • You’ve dober-managed to steal my heart!
  • I labr-adore you more than belly rubs.
dog with heart shaped balloon
Image Credit: Pixel-Shot, Shutterstock

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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 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)
brown golden retriever dog on white sheet surrounded by flowers
Image Credit: Carly Mackler, Unsplash

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 these 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. With enough practice, you could be a pun expert for Valentine’s Day and other holidays!


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