Service dog Emoji
Animals
A side profile of a golden or brown dog wearing a harness with a handle, commonly associated with working animals. The harness identifies the dog as a trained professional rather than a typical household pet.
Usage Context
Used to discuss accessibility, disability support, or to show appreciation for working animals in public spaces. It serves as a visual shorthand for the vital role these dogs play in helping their handlers navigate daily life, often used alongside ♿ or 🦯 to signal support for people with disabilities.
History
Added to the Unicode standard in 2019, this emoji was developed as part of a push to improve representation of disability and assistive technology within digital communication, acknowledging the specific, distinct role of service animals versus standard pets like 🐕.
Details
Glyph
🐕🦺
Unicode
U+1F415 U+200D U+1F9BA
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f415_200d_1f9ba:
HTML Entity
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Specifications
Vendor Google
Category Animals
Subcategory animal-mammal
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License CC-BY 4.0
Google Noto License
Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0
Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.
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