What kind of dog is doge?

It is similar to the Akita, though much smaller in stature. The Shiba Inu (柴犬) is the smallest of the six original and distinct spitz breeds of dog from Japan. A small, agile dog that copes very well with mountainous terrain, the Shiba Inu was originally bred for hunting. read more

Doge (often / ˈ d oʊ dʒ / DOHJ, / ˈ d oʊ ɡ / DOHG) is an Internet meme that became popular in 2013. The meme typically consists of a picture of a Shiba Inu accompanied by multicolored text in Comic Sans font in the foreground. The text, representing a kind of internal monologue, is deliberately written in a form of broken English. read more

A Shiba Inu. In Doge talk, the dog is referred to as 'a Shibe'. read more

In May, /r/dailydoge was created to share one dog photo a day, captioned or not. Another single topic blog, shibe-doge, launched in July 2013 dedicated to sharing Shiba Inu photos. On July 29th, 2013, a doge thread was sticky-featured to the top of the 4chan board /s4s/ (Shit 4chan Says), garnering more than 600 replies. read more