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

&#xD83D;&#xDC15;‍&#xD83E;&#xDDBA;

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category Animals

Subcategory animal-mammal

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Twemoji Attribution

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