AboutWhat does the meme depict?

Pun Dog is a meme consisting of a three-panel image macro featuring photographs of an Alaskan Klee Kai dog. Each panel in the series shows the Klee Kai with a caption that delivers an animal-themed pun, followed by an anticlimactic punchline. This format is closely related to other advice animal characters like Bad Joke Eel and Lame Pun Coon, which also feature jokes accompanied by images of animals.

OriginWho did it first?

The images of the dog playing with a stuffed toy that eventually became the Pun Dog meme were initially submitted by Redditor lawlissmodia to the r/aww subreddit on October 30th, 2012. While this initial post did not attract much attention, the photographs gained significant popularity when Redditor Huglifehero re-posted them on November 19th via r/aww, where it received over 8,500 upvotes. The first captioned image macro version of Pun Dog, featuring separate panels, was introduced by Redditor ZeakQ in a post to the r/funny subreddit on March 9th, 2013. This post, titled 'Is it Real?', quickly accumulated more than 21,600 upvotes.^[1]

Origin: 2012