Origami Dogs

25 Pawsome Origami Dogs that You Mutt See

We’ve posted about dogs previously. Since then we’ve come across a ton of other fantastic paper dogs that also deserve to be highlighted.

Dog, Designed by Satoshi Kamiya and Folded by nyanko sensei

We’ll start out this post with this beautiful looking dog folded from a sheet of mulberry paper.

Dog
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📖 Diagrams available in Origami Tanteidan Magazine 144

Doberman Pinscher, Designed by Ares Alanya and Folded by Mariano

This doberman pinscher design is still one of our all time favourite paper dog designs. Each of these is folded from different kinds of paper with different kinds of paint.

Doberman Pinscher
Source: Flickr

📖 Diagrams available in the 17th Tanteidan Convention book

Greyhound, Designed by Ronald Koh and Folded by Hande Orhun

This is an origami version of Yoko, Hande Orhun’s dog.

Yoko
Source: Flickr

📖 Diagrams available in the Origami USA Convention 2000 book

Dog, Designed by Hideo Komatsu and Folded by Ivan Svatko

This paper dog has a ton of character and looks really full of energy.

Dog
Source: Flickr

📖 Diagrams available in Works of Hideo Komatsu

Dog in a Dog House, Designed by Stephen Weiss and Folded by Minh Tue (Photo by thong nguyen nguyen)

This dog in a dog house model is still one of our favourites. The entire thing, both the dog and the house, is folded from a single sheet of paper.

Dog in a Dog House
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Doberman Pinscher, Designed by Ares Alanya and Folded by Blanka P (blunek)

Here’s another one of those fantastic doberman pinchers.

Doberman Pinscher
Source: Flickr

📖 Diagrams available in the 17th Tanteidan Convention book

Collie, Designed and Folded by Andrey Ermakov

This entire scene is pretty adorable.

Collie
Source: Flickr

Instructions not available.

Scottish Terrier, Designed by Hoang Tien Quyet and Folded by Gonzalo

Here’s another one of the cuter origami dog designs.

Scottish Terrier
Source: Flickr

Miniature Schnauzer, Designed and Folded by Joseph Wu

We really like how this dog design is a lot more 3-dimensional and seeing it from multiple angles is really great.

Miniature Schnauzer
Source: Flickr

Instructions not available.

Terrier, Designed by Francisco Javier Caboblanco and Folded by Rainer Berg

This is a much simpler design but it’s still very expressive.

Terrier
Source: Flickr

Mi Perra Zaida, Designed by Juan Gimeno Viguera and Folded by Luc MARNAT

Here’s another adorable design. The pose is absolutely fantastic.

Mi Perra Zaida
Source: Flickr

📖 Diagrams available in Pajarita Magazine #123

Husky, Designed by Fumiaki Kawahata and Folded by Alex Satsukawa

This is another excellent dog design. The colour change here is really great and it looks awesome with this black and white unryu paper.

Husky
Source: Flickr

📖 Diagrams available in Origami Tanteidan Magazine #108

Joe Cocker, Designed by Patricio Kunz and Folded by Pierre-andré

This tiny little dog might be the cutest one we’ve ever seen!

Joe Cocker
Source: Flickr

Labrador, Designed and Folded by Gen Hagiwara

This is one of the best looking paper dogs that we’ve ever seen. It really has the look of a real dog.

Labrador
Source: Flickr

Shiba Inu, Designed and Folded by Cahoonas

Here’s another one of the best dog designs we’ve seen. It’s easily the best paper shiba inu out there. The design is based on Gen Hagiwara’s labrador base.

Finnish Lapphund, Designed by Seth Friedman and Folded by Ivan Svatko

Seth Friedman’s Finnish Lapphund is another one of the best dog designs out there. This one too looks extra fluffy.

Finnish Lapphund
Source: Flickr

Loyal and His Tongue, Designed and Folded by Eric Vigier

Here’s another excellent dog design with a tongue.

Dog with Tongue
Source: Flickr

Instructions not available.

Beagle, Designed by Fumiaki Kawahata and Folded by Andrés

The colour change in this beagle design is fantastic.

Beagle
Source: Flickr

Poodle, Designed by Yoo Tae Yong and Folded by J.W. Park

Here’s quite a fancy looking paper poodle.

Poodle
Source: Flickr

📖 Diagrams available in Origami Works of Yoo Tae Yong

Basset Hound, Designed by Seth Friedman and Folded by Rui Roda

Seth Friedman also has this excellent basset hound design.

Basset Hound
Source: Flickr

Wolf, Designed and Folded by Andrés

Wolves are kind of in the same category as dogs and here’s a great looking one that’s kind of cute too.

Wolf
Source: Flickr

Instructions not available.

Aberdeen, Designed by Eric Joisel and Folded by Alexander Krupnikov

Here’s a different and also fantastic Scottish terrier design by Eric Joisel.

Aberdeen
Source: Flickr

📖 Diagrams available in the 10th Tanteidan Convention book

Labrador Retriever, Designed by Satoshi Kamiya and Folded by Terry Nicolas

Here’s a really great labrador retriever design. The pose here and how it almost looks like it’s running along is awesome.

Golden Retriever
Source: Flickr

Fox Terrier, Designed by Román Díaz and Folded by Gonzalo

Román Díaz’s fox terrier is another really awesome dog design.

Fox Terrier
Source: Flickr

Dalmatian, Designed by Fumiaki Kawahata and Folded by Joe Adia

This Dalmatian design is really impressive with how the colour change makes little dots. You definitely need to use black and white paper to fold this one.

Dalmatian
Source: Flickr

📖 Diagrams available in Origami Tanteidan Magazine #158

Pug, Designed by Yoo Tae Yong and Folded by Jack Dreyil

Our final model for this post is this very expressive looking Pug. It’s another excellent example of colour change used in design.

Pug
Source: Flickr

That’s it for this post. If you enjoyed these origami dogs please take a second to share the post on your favourite social media site and let us know which one of these dogs was your favourite in the comments!

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