Quick answer
Upload one photo of your four-legged pet to Starrd's Put A Ring On It template and it puts your pet centre stage in a dark dance studio on a glossy black floor, with two backup dancers behind it, recreating the viral "if you like it then you should put a ring on it" diva-dog clip: head bowed, then snapping up to face the camera, head tosses, side tilts and a full hair-flip finale with the fur flying, all on the beat. One continuous 19-second take, vertical 9:16, with the song. Your pet stays a real animal on all four legs, with no sunglasses or accessories. 150 credits (about $7.50).
The same dance, any subject — tap one to make it with your photo.
One photo in, and out comes your pet centre stage with two backup dancers, tossing its head and flipping its fur to the beat: the viral "put a ring on it" diva-dog clip, in one continuous take. Here's one made from a single photo of a puppy:
Put A Ring On It
One photo of your pet. Centre stage, backup dancers, hair flips on the beat. 19 seconds, vertical.
What You Get
- The entrance. Your pet starts with its head bowed so only the fluffy top shows, then snaps its head up to face the camera.
- The diva moves. Head tosses, side tilts and a chin-up pose, every one landing on the beat.
- The finale. A full hair-flip, the fur flying in every direction, then a proud pop back up.
- Two backup dancers behind your pet the whole time, on a dark stage with a glossy floor that mirrors everyone.
- The song, so every head toss lands where it should.
- 19 seconds, vertical 9:16, ready for TikTok, Reels and Shorts.
What the Trend Actually Is
The original is a TikTok of a fluffy Shih Tzu in sunglasses and a flower lei, standing dead centre on a glossy black stage while two dancers dance behind it. The camera sits low on the floor so the dog looks enormous. The dancers do the choreography; the dog just poses, and whips its head and flips its long fur at exactly the right moments.
Why it works: the dog never moves its legs and still steals the show. It's pure diva energy, and the low camera makes a ten-pound dog look like the headliner.
Why it suits your pet: the joke is the attitude, not the breed. A puppy, a big fluffy cat, a scruffy rescue: any pet owning the stage like it's the main act is funny.
Built for Fur
- The fur is the star. On every head toss the fur on the head, ears and chest swings out, flies and settles naturally.
- Real animal, four legs. Your pet stands on all fours the whole time and does everything with its own head and neck. No human hands, no standing up like a person.
- No costume. No sunglasses, no lei, no collar unless your pet wears one in its photo.
Fluffy and long-haired pets look best: the hair flips are the whole show. Use a sharp, well-lit photo where your pet's whole head is in frame.
The Fastest Way
Put A Ring On It
One photo of your pet, the full 19-second diva hair-flip routine with backup dancers.
One photo, 150 credits (about $7.50), no prompt. The template holds the stage, the dancers, the camera, the moves and the song; your photo only decides which pet is the star. It renders on Seedance 2.5 at 480p, vertical 9:16.
Build It Yourself
1. Turn the clip into a depth map. Run the original clip through a depth-estimation model (we used Depth Anything V2) to get a greyscale video of shapes and distance only. That keeps the movement and the timing but throws away the original dog's face, sunglasses and lei, so none of it can leak into your video. Strip the audio and add the song back at the end.
2. Make one still of your pet on the stage. One image of your pet on the dark stage, with the dancers behind it.
A photorealistic vertical film still of the pet from the reference photo, standing on all four legs dead centre in the foreground of a dark dance studio, facing the camera with its head held high and a proud, sassy look. The camera is low at floor level, so the pet looks tall and heroic. A glossy black reflective floor, angled black walls, strong backlight and rim light outlining the fur. Two women backup dancers a few steps behind, mid-dance, in black tops and baggy dark jeans. The pet wears no accessories. No text.
3. Drive it with the depth map. Feed the still and the depth video to a model that copies motion from a reference video (we recommend Seedance 2.5). Tell it the still decides everything you can see, the depth video decides only the movement and the camera, and list the beats with timestamps. Say plainly that the result is in full colour, never grey.
Common Mistakes
Using the raw clip. The original dog's face, sunglasses and lei come through into your video. A depth map carries the moves without any of that.
A flat depth map. With a low floor-level camera, the floor takes most of the depth range and the dog turns into a flat grey blob, losing the head turns. Stretch the contrast across the dog, not the floor.
Not mentioning the fur. If you don't ask for the fur to swing and settle on every toss, it can come out stiff, like a helmet.
Letting the pet stand up. Say "on all four legs" and "no human hands", or the model may copy a person's posture onto your pet.
FAQ
How many photos? One, of your pet.
Does it work with cats? Yes, any four-legged pet. Fluffy ones look best.
How long is it? 19 seconds, vertical 9:16.
What does it cost? 150 credits, about $7.50.
Related Reading
- How to Make Your Pet Dance: pets on the dance floor
- How to Make an AI Dance Video: the full guide to dance templates
- How to Make the 'Turn The Lights Off' AI Video: another one-take dance scene that works with pets
- How to Make the Hotel Lobby AI Video: the other big clip-driven dance trend
