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[sidsmom]

I really thought it was a ‘face-swap’, but the owner’s

Facebook page has a video showing the puppy w/

the human face.  They say humans begin looking

like their pets!  Funny.

(excerpt from People.com)

One look at this dog and we know what you’re thinking: Did a witch cast a spell on some egotistical prince and turn him into a canine? How else to explain this pup’s extremely human-like eyes and knowing facial expression?

The dog, a Shih Tzu-poodle mix (or “Shih-poo”) named Yogi, first attracted mass attention when his picture ended up on Reddit. Yogi’s owner, Chantal Desjardins, 27, says she didn’t realize how human he looked until all her friends pointed out the resemblance after she posted a video of her family’s dog to Instagram and Facebook.

So, who does Desjardins think the 1-year-old pooch looks like? “I like the Nicolas Cage comment,” she tells PEOPLE. “And my friend Kristen said Sean Astin.”

If you’re wondering how you, too, can find a dog who looks like a person, Desjardin says Yogi came from a local breeder, but won’t divulge their location. However, the pup also has an 8-year-old sister named Darla, who may be jealous of all the attention he’s getting.

“She tolerates him,” says Desjardins. “All he does is try to play with her and she doesn’t have it. [He’s a] very typical puppy.”

Typical? We don’t think so! Just look at that face.

“He’s still a baby, so he’s just a crazy puppy. Everything is still new to him,” Desjardins tells PEOPLE. “He sometimes gets scared of little things he’s not used to … like a bag on the coffee table, he’ll bark at it.”

However, one thing Yogi is getting used to is his newfound internet stardom.

“I’m kinda turning into Yogi’s manager,” Desjardins laughingly admits to PEOPLE.

When asked what kind of job Desjardins imagines for Yogi when he grows up, his owner pondered the question for a moment.

“I think [he] would be a talk show host,” she finally replied. “Maybe like Dr. Phil. According to people, he has piercing eyes.”

[Carmie]

That really is a cool looking dog with human like eyes and lower lip.  I swear my dogs understand English and can read my mind, but if they looked like this in addition to their “skills” i’d be freaked out.

[haddon9]

I think the dog is cute but it is a bit freaky!  If it were my dog I would start imagining all sorts of unusual things...like is it a person trapped inside this dog....reincarnation?...it's just too creepy.

[151949]

The unusual color eyes and the lips. Dogs don't normally have lips.

[Vivian]

That dog looks very intelligent to me. Looking at my beagle Madeleine Pamela, I could swear that she exhibits human qualities. I think the millennia of dog-human interaction have created pets who are sympatico to humans. I watched a program awhile back that showed dogs are the only species that respond to finger pointing. Even chimps do not respond to humans pointing to something. I’ve tested this out with my beagle Maddie and sure enough she responds to my pointing. Bottom line...dogs are the best!

[Imaoldhippie]

To me it does not look like a human face.  To bad they are insulting this poor cute puppy doggie.

[chrystaltree]

Wow.  It's the eyes and his mouth that make him look like a person.  Lips, that dog has lips...lol

[SharkE]

In today's world, enough said .

[deepwaterdotter]

Would the dog's appearance have anything to do with the way the face was groomed?  Perhaps clipped to create a pronounced eyebrow, cheek, and lower lip?

[tends2dogs]

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@151949wrote:

The unusual color eyes and the lips. Dogs don't normally have lips.

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Of course dogs have lips.  My dogs' are black.