How to sign
Dog in ASL
Dog pats your thigh and snaps your fingers, like calling a dog. Many signers just do the snap.
- Single sign
- One hand
- Handshape: Flat hand then snapping fingers
- Thigh, then raised
- Pets & Farm
How to sign dog
- 1
Pat your thigh with a flat hand.
- 2
Raise the hand and snap your fingers.
- 3
In fast signing, just the snap, or just the pat, is enough.
Common mistakes
- Overthinking it. This is one of the most casual signs in the language.
Use it in a sentence
English sentences you can sign with Dog. In ASL the word order can shift and filler words drop away.
- “I like the dog.”
Keep going
More pets & farm signs
Questions about “Dog”
Yes. This clip shows the common ASL sign for dog. Like spoken languages, ASL has regional variation, so you may see small differences from signer to signer.
Guide
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