More emoji to hound your friends with! Dog keyboard lets you send pictures of canine breeds from Chihuahuas to Great Danes

Published: 07:36 GMT, 26 August 2015 | Updated: 07:44 GMT, 26 August 2015

For dog lovers, the current range of emoji is a little lacking with either a poodle or a puppy to choose from.

But now the UK’s largest welfare charity has launched the first ever dog emoji keyboard to let people represent 23 of the most popular breeds.

They range from diminutive dogs such as the Dachshund and the Pug, to large German Shepherds and Great Danes, as well as exotic breeds such as the Shar-Pei.

The UK’s largest welfare charity has launched the first ever dog emoji keyboard to let people represent 23 of the most popular breeds (all shown)

The tool, which is available for iPhone and Android, aims to celebrate canine diversity, and each emoji has been based on a real dog looking for a home in a Dogs Trust Centre.

Unicode, which dictates the choice of official emojis, has previously announced a number of additions as well as a more racially diverse characters, but the charity says there are still only a handful of dogs in the current range to choose from.

Share this article

It hopes its emoji keyboard will allow people to depict their own pets, with nine million dogs living in homes across the UK alone.

Dogs Trust used its own data, combined with pet population figures, to select the breeds included in the keyboard.

It wants to harness the power of the world’s fastest growing language to highlight the variety of breeds it sees at its 20 rehoming centres, as well as allowing dog owners and dog lovers to share and enjoy their favourite breeds in messages to friends and family.

The tool, which is available for iPhones and Android handsets, aims to celebrate canine diversity in all its glory, and each emoji has been based on a real dog looking for a home in a Dogs Trust centre. Darcy, who is looking for a home at Dogs Trust Glasgow, is pictured left and is the inspiration for the crossbreed emoji (right)

The emoji range from diminutive dogs such as the Dachshund (pictured far right) and the Pug, to large German Shepherds and Great Danes (left), as well as exotic breeds such as the Shar-Pei (second from left)

‘As the UK’s largest welfare charity, we have a responsibility to ensure all are fairly treated, and represented, in both the digital and real world,’ said Adrian Burder, chief executive of Dogs Trust.

THE FULL LIST OF DOG EMOJI

2) Bischon Frise

3) Border Collie

6) Cocker Spaniel

10) English Sheepdog

11) French Bull Dog

12) German Shepherd

16) Jack Russell Terrier

22) Staffordshire Bull Terrier

23) Yorkshire Terrier

‘While we fully support the recent updates to diversify the emoji keyboard, with nine million canines in family homes across the country, we also feel deserve that same representation.

‘We see so many wonderfully different dogs every day, we wanted to share this with the public. ‘

To get the keyboard, dog lovers must download and install the Dogs Trust Emoji app.

It is available from the App Store or Google Play store.

iPhone users can go to ‘Settings’ and then General > Keyboard > Keyboards > Add a new keyboard.

They must select the Dogs Trust Emoji Keyboard and ‘allow full access to install it.

Users can then launch the keyboard from any messaging app by taping and holding the globe icon on the bottom left corner of their keyboard and selecting Dogs Trust Emoji keyboard.

Android users must open the Dogs Trust Emoji Keyboard App on their app screen and tap on the menu icon in the bottom left corner to select ‘settings’.

They can then choose the specific messaging and social apps they want to show a shortcut to the keyboard and the keyboard will show up in any of the chosen messaging apps.

Tapping on a dog shares it in a text message of on a social network such as Facebook.

Users can also install the keyboard so it’s automatically available within their messaging app.

Dogs Trust used its own data, combined with pet population figures to select the breeds included in the keyboard. A Greyhound is shown left and a Dachshund right

HOW TO INSTALL THE DOGS TRUST EMOJI

Users can share emoji directly from the Dogs Trust Emoji app, which is available to download from the App Store and Google Play store.

Simply open the app and tap on ‘shown me the emoji’ to see a list of all the Dogs Trust Emoji.

Tapping on an emoji will display it in a messenger app or on a social network.

The keyboard is also accessible in a messaging app, but this requires some installation.

Users can share emoji (a pug is shown left and husky right) directly from the Dogs Trust Emoji app, which is available to download from the App Store and Google Play store

For iPhone users

iPhone users can go to ‘Settings’ and then General > Keyboard > Keyboards > Add a new keyboard.

They can select the Dogs Trust Emoji Keyboard and ‘allow full access to install it.

Users can then launch the keyboard from any messaging app by taping and holding the globe icon on the bottom left corner of their keyboard and selecting Dogs Trust Emoji keyboard.

For Android users

Android users must open the Dogs Trust Emoji Keyboard App on their app screen and tap on the menu icon in the bottom left corner to select ‘settings’.

They can then choose the specific messaging and social apps they want to show a shortcut to the keyboard.

It will then show up in any of the chosen messaging apps.

Share or comment on this article

Most watched News videos

PNG All

Emoticons, smileys or emojis are used for Apple iPhone, iPAD, Mac, Android, emojis for WhatsApp and its is part of the Apple Color Emoji font. WhatsApp also uses Apple’s, emoticons images across all platforms, including Android.

Below you will find the most popular WhatsApp emojis which you can download and share with your friends for free.

Emojipedia.org is one of the largest Emoji meaning database website where you can find any kind of emoji of all smartphone platforms including Apple, emojidex, Emoji One, Emojipedia, Facebook, Google, HTC, Instagram, LG, Microsoft, Mozilla, Samsung, Slack, Snapchat, Telegram, Twitter, Viber, WhatsApp, Yo Status.

They are available in different categories such as ? Smileys & People, ? Animals & Nature, ? Food & Drink, ⚽ Activity, ? Travel & Places, ? Objects, ? Symbols, ? Flags

Download Emoji PNG images transparent gallery.

Matched Content:

4 Comments

hey pretty good it was useful

y’all trappin this helped me alot, TRANSPARENT, something the internet seems to always lack…..

Thanks alot. I really appreciate this. The emojis were super useful.

Thank you thank you….you guys rule…

emojli

The emoji-only network 🙋

No words. No spam. Just emoji.

Emojli closed on 30th July 2015

Emojli was set up as a joke by two people in their spare time and despite the occasional call from confused investors, it isn't a startup. Over 60,000 of you may have downloaded our apps, but very few people actually used it.

To keep Emojli running after August we would have had to spend a decent amount of money, and it just wasn't worth it for the joke.

All accounts have been deleted

We need to comply with UK data protection law, so after we closed down we removed everything: accounts, messages, the lot. Downloading your message history is no longer possible.

That's all. We're not going to give you any rubbish about our incredible journey.

The Future

If you want to keep up to date with what we're doing, please follow us on Twitter.

Here's what all those Snapchat emojis mean

You've seen those cute emojis by your friends' faces in the chat area. Get the scoop on what they mean and how to change them.

Those emojis beside friends' names come and go and change as you use Snapchat -- sometimes daily.

From double pink hearts to flames, every emoji has a special meaning. If you don't like the default emojis, you can change each to fit your own personality, too.

In addition to ones outlined below, there are others reserved for verified accounts, with each verified account getting a different emoji. For example, Rihanna has a red ballon emoji and Jared Leto has a cactus. Snapchat has a list of verified accounts and their emojis to make things a little easier.

Friend emoji meanings

Each emoji meaning is preset by the Snapchat team. Here's what each one means:

A baby face next to someone's name means you just became friends.
A gold heart means you are best friends. Best friends on Snapchat means you send the most chats to this person and they send you the most chats too.
A red heart means you have been each other's best friend for at least 2 weeks.
Pink hearts mean you have been each other's best friend for at least 2 months.

A simple smiley face means you send a lot of snaps to this person, but they're still not best friend status.
A smirk means that best friend status is unrequited. You're their best friend, but they aren't someone you send snaps to the most.

A grimace means there's competition. Your best friend is also that person's best friend.
A smiley face with sunglasses means that you and this person share a close friend.
Flames beside someone's name mean you're on a snapstreak. You have to send a snap every 24 hours to keep up your snapstreaks. The symbol will appear next to the numbers of days that you and a friend have snapped each other.
An hourglass appears next to someone's name to remind you that your snapstreak is going to end soon.
A 100 emoji means that you've been on a snapstreak with this person for 100 days.
A star means that one of your friend's snaps was replayed by you or another snapchatter within the last 24 hours.
A birthday cake means it's your friend's birthday. This emoji could be wrong, though, if your friend entered a fake birth date in his or her profile.

How to change friend emojis

Want your best friend emoji to be a surprised cat face? No problem.

Emojis aren't set in stone and you can change them to whatever you like. Go to Settings > Additional Services > Manage > Friend Emojis. Next, click on the default emoji in this list. A menu with new emoji choices will appear. Tap on the emoji you like and tap the back button to set your new emoji.

Change your friend emojis to whatever you like.

screenshot by Alina Bradford/CNET

Don't worry: Only you can see your emoji changes. If you don't like your new emojis, you can change them back to the default emojis by clicking Settings > Additional Services > Manage > Friend Emojis > Reset to Default.

Zodiac emojis

In addition to the friend emoji, Snapchat puts a zodiac emoji below the person's Snapcode if that person has entered a birthday in his or her account. This tells you that person's zodiac sign (which gives you a hint as to when his or her birthday may be).

This user is an Aries according to her yellow zodiac emoji.

Here are the meanings of each zodiac emoji:

Editors' note: This article was originally posted on April 25, 2016, and has been updated.

Share your voice

Be respectful, keep it clean and stay on topic. We delete comments that violate our policy, which we encourage you to read. Discussion threads can be closed at any time at our discretion.

Parents beware: Kids know secret emoji language

DENVER -- It was Oxford Dictionary's word of the year. And it's quickly becoming the universal language of the Internet -- after Apple included an emoji keyboard on its phones five years ago.

It's estimated 6 billion emojis are sent each day. But the cartoonish, seemingly innocent and playful use of emojis can have a dark side. It's a new form of communication Sheila Allison and her 12-year-old use regularly.

"I work odd hours. When she's getting ready to go to sleep, it's not appropriate for me to be on the phone or call and have her hear my voice. So emojis with the zzz's, princess and kisses. That gets a really good message to her," Allison said.

Emojis are on TV. Even commercials advertise with the picture characters. But the problem with these icons of faces, hand gestures, fruits, animals and other symbols is they don't always mean what you think, especially for parents.

"It doesn't mean anything to them. But it does to those who are fluent in emoji, the secret language of emoji," said Mike Harris, who tracks down child predators for a living.

He works for the Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office and said he has to learn this whole new language of more than 1,200 emojis.

“One symbol can mean three or four different things. That's what makes it complicated for those who are not familiar with this," Harris said.

So he uses the "Speak Emoji" app to translate what people are saying because emojis can be used to harass, threaten and commit other crimes.

"Do you have any weed?” he speaks into his phone.

"A check mark is 'do.' 'Have' is down, 'any' is the face and that's weed," he pointed out what his app popped up.

Harris said some emojis are obviously threatening. A 12-year-old Virginia girl was arrested for using gun, bomb, and knife emojis on Instagram with the phrase "meet me in the library Tuesday."

But some emojis aren't so obvious.

A frog can mean someone is "ugly."
A cute image of a dog can actually be an insult of the b-word.
A smiling pile of poop is another profanity.
Strung together, a running man and a bowling ball means, "I'm going to hit you."
Scissors mean "I'm going to cut you."
A knife, a certain face and a shower equals psycho.
A skull with a right arrow and a fire means “die in a fire.”

"Something as simple as a flower can mean ‘drugs,’" Harris said.

Parents also should know some emojis are sexual. A peach, an eggplant and raindrops reference carnal desire.

“If you're talking about the weather, then it could mean it's raining,” Serena Allison said.

“But with fruit, it's a sexual content? Great," Sheila Allison said.

"Also, the banana. That's another,” Serena said.

“They are taking fruit to a whole new level here, right?" her mom said.

What makes emojis so complicated for parents is they have no set definition like words and their meaning can vary.

A few more examples:

A pig can mean the animal or a police officer
The symbol of a water closet or restroom can also mean woman crush
Footprints can also mean beer.

"I can see where parents are 'Oh, gosh, something else now.' Ten years from now there will be something else too. It's the way technology is," Harris said.

For this mom, the technology doesn't have her too worried yet.

"I see, too, where kids could use that to be vicious," Allison said.

Important emoji resources

Here are links to several emoji-type dictionaries for parents to use as reference.

You can reach out to the Child Sex Offender Internet Investigations Unit at the Jefferson County District Attorney's via email or at 303-271-6766.

Latest News

IPhone X goes on sale around the world on Friday

Homeless veteran who helped stranded woman buys house with fundraiser money

Can’t type ‘i’ on your iPhone? You’re not alone; here’s a fix

Facebook launches parent-controlled Messenger app for kids

Denver native and ‘Silicon Valley’ star T.J. Miller accused of punching woman, sexual assault

Mom has warning after 13-year-old mistakenly buys clone of Samsung phone believed to be real thing

Family needs daughter’s backpack to help with closure

Tech Junkie Review: Blackberry Motion Smartphone – BBD100

Girl has blunt message for insurance company after brain surgery request denied

Bobcat survives 50-mile ‘miracle’ trip stuck in car grill

Kelly Clarkson opens up about decision to spank her kids

Texting service will offer advice, resources to parents

Kentucky school shooting victim’s mother says daughter called her as she died

Mobile Apps
iPhone: KDVR & KWGN App
Android: KDVR & KWGN App
iPhone: Pinpoint Weather App
Android: Pinpoint Weather App

• 100 East Speer Blvd. Denver, Colorado 80203

'Oh great. can't wait to see that then! ;-)' Study reveals the best emoji and punctuation marks to use when being sarcastic online

Published: 11:41 GMT, 7 January 2016 | Updated: 15:08 GMT, 11 January 2016

It may be regarded as the lowest form of wit, but sarcasm is also one of the trickiest literary concepts to convey by email or text without running the risk of being taken seriously, or offending someone.

Now, a group of psychologists may have found the solution for those who enjoy delivering withering one-liners online.

After studying the impact of emoticons and punctuation on how people interpret written statements, they have pinpointed the best way to ensure your text will be read as sarcastic.

Using emoticons such as a winking face at the end of a message (pictured) can make it seem more sarcastic, according to research by a team of psychologists. They assessed the emotional impact of different types of punctuation and emojis at the end of statements to see how they influenced the way people interpreted them

They said in ambiguous situations where a message could be taken literally, using a winking face emoji at the end of a statement will make it seem more sarcastic.

When the official emoji isn't available, this can be substituted with an ;-)

Share this article

Elsewhere, using an ellipsis and a tongue face emoticon can also make messages seem more sarcastic than a simple full stop.

This would be written as '. :-p' on emails or programs that don't support emoji.

WHAT EMOJI REALLY MEAN

Emojis have become one of the most popular forms of communication, and one has even joined the ranks of the Oxford Dictionaries, as the 2015 Word of the Year.

Still there's a problem with the growing cache of emojis - their meanings are not always obvious.

A recent study claims to end the confusion by ranking hundreds of emojis based on how positive, negative, or neutral they are.

The Emoji Sentiment Ranking is a qualitative list of 751 emojis.

An emoji is an 'ideogram,' the paper explains, 'which represents not only facial expressions, but also concepts and ideas,' making it subjective by nature.

The ranking system determines the 'sentiment score,' of each emoji — how positive, negative, or neutral it is — and the 'neutrality level,' which identifies how variable the emotional labels were.

The researchers were able to determine which emojis were considered negative, including the crying cat, the face with the straight line mouth, the police officer, and surprisingly, the bento box.

The most positive emoji was also an unlikely pick: a vertical line made up of small dashes, which rang in at a .96 sentiment score.

For those treading a thin line between sarcasm and insulting the recipient with their comment, using an exclamation mark or an emoticon can also make the message seem more positive.

However, the researchers, whose work is published in the Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, also offer some advice on when it might be best to use sarcasm.

They found that sarcasm tended to reduce the emotional impact of praise or criticism compared to making the same remark in a literal way.

But they suggest such messages often tend to come across as disingenuous, so if a person really wants to give someone a slap on the back, they should stick to literal statements.

Their findings may prove invaluable to those who have a tendency to overuse sarcasm as a response to everything, such as the character Chandler Bing in the TV series Friends.

Writing in the journal Dr Ruth Filik, a psychologist at the University of Nottingham, and her colleagues, said: 'Written sarcasm can be difficult to correctly understand due to the absence of the usual markers available in face-to-face conversations, such as tone of voice and facial expression.

'Thus, the use of sarcasm in a computer-mediated conversation can be risky, since the sender leaves open the possibility of the receiver interpreting the message literally.

'However, the use of emoticons and other devices could potentially aid in interpreting a sarcastic comment in this medium.

'Our results showed that emoticons had a larger influence on both comprehension and emotional impact than punctuation marks.

Conveying sarcasm over text message or email can be fraught with pitfalls as they can often be misinterpreted or taken literally. The new study may help those wanting to ensure they can make pithy sarcastic one-liners in the digital age (a stock image of someone emailing is pictured)

An ellipsis was seen as a good way of conveying sarcasm as was a tongue face emoticon (pictured)

'Sarcastic criticism was rated as less negative than literal criticism, and sarcastic praise was rated as less positive than literal praise, suggesting that sarcasm serves to mute the positive or negative nature of the message.'

In their study, Dr Filik and her team conducted two experiments involving 192 undergraduate students who were given text-based messages to read.

Some of the messages contained praise while others contained criticism.

In the first experiment, the researchers made the context of each message clear with a statement ahead of the message. This statement was designed to highlight if it was sarcastic or not.

One example stated was: 'Tanya had noticed that Jenny had put on a lot of weight.'

This accompanied a message from Tanya to Jenny which read: 'I see the diet is going well.'

In the second experiment, the participants were given written messages without any context, so the intention behind it was more ambiguous.

Some people have a tendency to overuse sarcasm, like the character Chandler, played by Matthew Perry, in the TV series Friends (pictured). In the digital age, they can face difficulties in getting their message across

Each message used different punctuation or emoticons and the volunteers were asked to rate what they thought the message meant, and how positive or negative it was.

They found in messages where the context was clear, punctuation and emojis made little difference to messages that were clearly sarcastic.

However, using an emoticon such as a winking face or an ellipsis make unambiguous literal comments seem more sarcastic.

When the intent of the message was ambiguous, using a wink emoticon was the best way of conveying sarcasm.

'This suggests that the wind emoticon conveys a sarcastic meaning, which might be useful for clarification purposes when the message is intended as sarcastic but the context is not supportive enough,' the researchers said.

'It is less useful when the intended message is literal, in which case using the wink emoticon might confuse the reader and suggest a sarcastic interpretation.'

Share or comment on this article

Most watched News videos

Lottoji Magazin

Emoji Malvorlagen zum kostenlosen Download

Sie sind kaum mehr aus unserem Handy wegzudenken, die kleinen, süßen, gelben Gesichter aus WhatsApp & co. Doch gibt’s Emoji auch zum Ausdrucken als Malvorlage? Wir haben 10 beliebte Emoji ausgewählt und als Schwarz-Weiß-Vorlage zum Herunterladen und Ausdrucken zur Verfügung gestellt – selbstverständlich kostenlos.

Emoji zum Ausmalen: 10 Motive

Wir haben 10 Emoji ausgewählt, die wir dir hier als kostenlosen PDF-Download zum Ausdrucken zur Verfügung stellen. Folgende zehn Emoji-Gesichter haben wir ausgewählt:

10 Emoji als Malvorlage

#1 Kuss Emoji Malvorlage

Eines der beliebtesten Emoji: Das Gesicht, das einen Kuss zuwirft. Hier kannst du es zum Ausmalen herunterladen:

Kuss Emoji Malvorlage