Quick answer
Paste the video prompt into an image-to-video tool with a photo of your dog: it asks for a seated dog, a hand in a shirt sleeve reaching in, and a firm, polite handshake. Change the setting for a job interview or a contract. Dog Handshake AI skips the prompt and makes it from the photo.
The handshake is easy to describe and easy to get wrong. Video models like to add a second hand, move the dog onto its back legs or swap the breed. The prompt below pins each of those down, and the notes say which line does what.
Reelfie’s template runs its own prompt; this one is for other tools.
Video prompt
Vertical 9:16 video, 8 seconds. The dog in the photo sits upright, chest out, as serious as a business partner at a meeting. A human hand in a shirt sleeve reaches in from the right edge of the frame. The dog lifts one front paw and gives the hand a firm, polite handshake, up and down twice, then a small nod. Keep the dog’s breed, markings and size exactly as in the photo. Even daylight, steady camera, no text.
- “As serious as a business partner”: the deadpan is the joke. Without it you get a happy, wiggly dog.
- “From the right edge”: one hand, one direction. Vague hands multiply.
- “Up and down twice, then a small nod”: a clear ending, so the clip doesn’t trail off.
- “Breed, markings and size exactly as in the photo”: stops the model drifting toward a generic retriever.
Change the meeting
Swap the first sentence’s setting to fit your caption.
Contract signing
A pen and paper on the table.
The dog sits at a wooden desk with a signed contract and a pen in front of it.
Job interview
Dressed for it.
The dog wears a small striped tie and sits across a desk from the interviewer.
Cat version
Cats shake too, reluctantly.
The cat in the photo sits upright and offers one front paw with mild disdain.
Still for a meme
Place the dog from this photo in a glass-walled office, sitting upright on a chair, giving one front paw to a human hand in a dark suit sleeve that reaches in from the right. Same breed, coat and face. Serious expression, natural daylight, realistic photo. Leave empty space at the top for a caption. Vertical 4:5.
The empty space is for the meme text; add it in any editor.
Loop for a GIF
Add this to the end of the video prompt when the clip will become a GIF:
The handshake repeats in a smooth loop: the clip ends with the paw and hand in the same position as the first frame.
Then trim the MP4 in a video-to-GIF converter. Tools don’t always honor the loop; trimming to one up-and-down cycle helps.
Where to run it
Gemini or ChatGPT for the still; an image-to-video tool for the video, with a retry or two to get one clean hand. ChatGPT can shorten the prompt if the tool has a length cap.
- 1Or open Dog Handshake AI and upload your dog; nothing to write.
- 2Check the price on the button: 80 credits.
- 3Make it, then save the MP4 from Assets. A failed run is refunded.
Common problems
Extra fingers or a second hand
Keep the hand simple: “one human hand in a plain shirt sleeve, from the right edge”. Remove other mentions of people.
The dog stands up on its hind legs
Add “the dog stays sitting the whole time; only one front paw moves”.
The paw passes through the hand
Say “the hand holds the paw” and slow it down: “a slow, firm handshake”.
FAQ
What’s a good prompt for a dog handshake video?
Describe a seated, serious dog, one human hand from one side, and a firm handshake that ends with a nod, and tell the model to keep the breed as in the photo. The full prompt is above.
How do I make an AI video of my dog?
Upload a clear daylight photo to an image-to-video tool with a prompt describing the action, or use a template that has the action built in, like Reelfie’s.
Can I make a dog handshake GIF?
Yes. Add the loop line, generate the video, then convert one handshake cycle to a GIF.
Is this the prompt Reelfie uses?
No. Reelfie’s template runs its own; you only upload the photo there.
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