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20 Free Printable Dog Coloring Pages
Twenty dogs, a puppy with a bone, a dog mid-leap catching a frisbee, a shaggy sheepdog with fur that is fun to colour. Different breeds and builds, all with clean bold outlines.
Dogs vary more in silhouette than almost any other animal, so a set of twenty that all share one body shape is really a set of one drawing. These run from a long low dachshund to a shaggy sheepdog to a poodle in rounded fur sections, plus the things dogs actually do: fetching, digging, catching a frisbee, howling at nothing.
Ways to use these
- Match the family dog. Most children want to color their own dog. Between the long, shaggy, fluffy and floppy eared builds here, something usually comes close.
- Good for a name. The collar tag design (6) has a blank bone shaped tag on it. Writing the dog name in is usually the first thing a child does.
- Print before the vet. A page and three crayons occupies a child through a waiting room better than a phone does.
Every design downloads as a US Letter PDF that also scales cleanly to A4 with “Fit to printable area”. Print in grayscale, there is no color in the files. Ordinary copier paper is fine for crayons and pencils; use cardstock or slip a spare sheet underneath for markers. Free to print at home, in a classroom or in a library, see the license.
Frequently asked questions
Are any breeds identifiable?
Three are: the dachshund (5), the sheepdog (4) and the poodle (13). The rest are deliberately unlabelled, because a drawing that is nearly a beagle should not be called a beagle.
Are there puppies as well as adult dogs?
Four of the twenty: the one with its tongue out (1), the bone chewer (7), the pair playing (10) and the one in a gift box (17). Puppies get shorter legs and larger heads so they read as puppies.
Can these be used for a dog themed birthday party?
Yes, print as many as you need, and there is a birthday design (20) with a party hat and cake. The only thing the license rules out is reselling the files.