The Art of "Beware of Dog" Signs

humorous Beware of Dog sign We pass by this sign in our neighborhood on a regular basis, and every time we go by it makes us laugh. Do you get it? There's a sense of inherent threat, that if you go into this person's yard, you're going to encounter a dog and it's not going to be pleasant, so just stay on the outside of this fence.

We've actually never seen the dog at this location, but it got us thinking about "Beware of Dog" signs, and so we did an investigation to see how many styles of these signs we could find. As you'll see below, it ranges from simple, to threatening and menacing, sometimes violent and bloody, and also downright silly and funny.

While all of these signs are different, a lot of them share common color schemes: black, white, red and yellow, which makes them very bold and very noticable. The image of a snarling dog only puts the final touch on this message that one should not trespass on this person's property.

Now we're starting to see some humor injected into these signs ... are you faster than the dog? (above, center) The dogs depicted below are either tough (left), gun-toting and crazy (center), or just simply "bad" (right).

Now we're getting into dogs attacking humans, jumping up on them, biting at their backsides, tugging on pants or even drawing blood (middle, below). The sign below at right even has an arm and leg being torn off (although depicted in a ridiculous and somewhat funny way).

We're getting a little more artistic here, paintings and cut-metal sculpture. We like how "Danger Dog" has a tongue-wagging smile and looks quite happy to see us. If you see any fun or interesting "Beware of Dog" signs, send us a picture!.