Doge is a slang term for dogs first used in 2005 in an episode of Homestar Runner's puppet show and became the name of the main character of the Doge Meme that is usually associated with images of Shina Inus named Shibe. In 2010 Atsuko Sato have posted several pictures of her Shiba Inu dog Kabosu, among them there was a photo with Kabosu sitting on a couch glaring sideways which later became the Doge Meme. That meme Shiba Inu photo has fallen into the internet's meme madness and soon many variations of the Doge Meme popped up including the Hot Doge Meme where Kabosu's face has been put on a hot dog. A meme custom progress bar with Hot Doge Meme.