Advice Dog Meme Generator
The original advice animal. A golden retriever puppy on a rainbow background dispenses the worst guidance imaginable with the happiest face you've ever seen.
The original advice animal. A golden retriever puppy on a rainbow background dispenses the worst guidance imaginable with the happiest face you've ever seen.
What is the Advice Dog Meme?
The ancestor of every advice animal meme. A golden retriever puppy on a rainbow background dispenses advice that no reasonable person should follow. Created in 2006, Advice Dog established the top-text/bottom-text animal format that spawned hundreds of variations and defined an entire era of internet humor.
Also Known As
- Original Advice Animal
- Rainbow Dog Meme
- Puppy Advice Meme
- Advice Puppy
- Golden Retriever Advice
- OG Advice Animal
About the Advice Dog Meme
A golden retriever puppy face, tongue happily out, centered on a spinning rainbow pinwheel of bright magenta, blue, green, yellow, orange, and red. The puppy looks thrilled to see you, completely unaware that whatever it is about to recommend will probably get you fired, arrested, or both. The rainbow radiates outward with the confidence of advice that has never once been fact-checked. This is the face of pure, unfiltered, enthusiastic wrongness.
Advice Dog is the meme that started it all. Posted to a Mario fan forum in 2006, this golden retriever puppy on a rainbow pinwheel background became the first "advice animal." The original format paired cheerful, confident delivery with advice that ranged from reckless to genuinely dangerous. Unlike later advice animals that developed specific personas (anxiety, anger, wisdom), Advice Dog has no filter and no specialty. It will tell you to do anything with equal enthusiasm. The entire advice animal ecosystem, from Courage Wolf (aggressive motivation) to Philosoraptor (fake philosophy) to Insanity Wolf (maximum chaos), descended directly from this smiling puppy. For advice that might actually help you, see Actual Advice Mallard. For advice delivered with smug overconfidence, see Roll Safe.
How to Make a Advice Dog Meme
- The first advice animal is ready for action. Type your terrible wisdom and let the puppy deliver it
- Top text introduces a scenario or states a vague premise. Bottom text gives comically bad, irresponsible, or nonsensical advice. The rainbow background and smiling puppy sell it as if the advice is perfectly reasonable
- White Impact font on a rainbow background is the birthplace of the advice animal aesthetic. This is where the whole genre started, so keep the formatting classic
- Short, punchy advice works best. The puppy's enthusiasm does the heavy lifting. Two or three words of terrible guidance land harder than a paragraph
- Save the original advice animal as a PNG with Download, or Copy it to share the worst recommendation of the day
When to Use the Advice Dog Meme
Dangerously Bad Life Advice
- •Feeling sick? / Go to work and spread the joy
- •Car making a weird noise? / Turn the radio up
- •Rent is due tomorrow? / Treat yourself to dinner tonight
- •Late for work? / Stop for coffee. You're already late
- •Phone at 2% battery? / Watch one more video
Relationship Guidance From a Puppy
- •She hasn't texted back? / Send 14 more messages
- •First date tonight? / Talk about your ex the entire time
- •Partner says "we need to talk" / Pretend you didn't hear them and leave the country
- •In an argument? / Bring up something unrelated from 3 years ago
- •Want to impress your crush? / Bark at them
Career Destruction
- •Boss asks for the report? / Tell them you're more of a big-picture person
- •Job interview tomorrow? / Wing it. Preparation is for cowards
- •Coworker takes credit for your work? / Take credit for their lunch in the fridge
- •Got fired? / Update your LinkedIn status to "open to overthrow"
Example Advice Dog Meme
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