--- title: Confused Lamb Thinks She Is a Dog: Viral Video description: She was adopted by collies and has assimilated very, very well canonical: https://time.com/3697800/lamb-thinks-shes-a-dog/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-02-05T21:18:02.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:48:05.024Z og:title: This Lamb Is Entirely Convinced She's a Dog og:description: She was adopted by collies and has assimilated very, very well og:url: https://time.com/3697800/lamb-thinks-shes-a-dog/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5c531615e435e5f4/69877dd635ba6fdc68c06ec9/screen-shot-2015-02-05-at-2-49-08-pm.png?branch=production&width=1080&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Screen Shot 2015-02-05 at 2.49.08 PM og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Lamb Is Entirely Convinced She's a Dog twitter:description: She was adopted by collies and has assimilated very, very well twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5c531615e435e5f4/69877dd635ba6fdc68c06ec9/screen-shot-2015-02-05-at-2-49-08-pm.png?branch=production&width=1080&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This Very Cute Lamb Is Entirely Convinced She's a Dog by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Feb 5, 2015 9:18 PM UTC  by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Feb 5, 2015 9:18 PM UTC If you need a little pick-me-up today, here’s a very cute unlikely animal friendship to brighten your spirits. A group of collies took in an orphaned lamb — whose owner calls her Pet — and now said lamb is completely convinced she’s a dog too. Watch above as she runs around with her dog friends Dice, Fly, Jess and Megan. Her human, YouTube user[ Jemma Mackenzie](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQGiMsctd9yJHPZEWLJKTxg), says Pet is convinced that the oldest collie, Dice, is her mother — and has slept by her side ever since she was a little lamb. If you want more, here she is again, just rompin’ around with her dog pals: ([h/t Mashable](http://mashable.com/2015/02/05/lamb-sheep-dog/)) _Read next:_ [_Helpful Cat Helps Dig Out Home Buried in Snow_](http://time.com/3697062/snow-cat/?xid=time%5Freadnext) [_Listen to the most important stories of the day._](http://time.com/newsletter/the-brief/?sl%5Fautoplay=true&xid=spl-fullbrief-article) ### See Adorable Puppies Shaking Their Fur  Annie - 7 weeks, Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Carli Davidson  Annie - 7 weeks, Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Carli Davidson  Koda - 20 weeks, Pomeranian Carli Davidson  Koda - 20 weeks, Pomeranian Carli Davidson  Hans - 12 weeks, Boxer Pit Mix Carli Davidson  Hans - 12 weeks, Boxer Pit Mix Carli Davidson  Cloud - 8 weeks, Shar Pei Carli Davidson  Cloud - 8 weeks, Shar Pei Carli Davidson  Josie - 12 weeks, Boxer Carli Davidson  Josie - 12 weeks, Boxer Carli Davidson  Meatball - 10 weeks, Pit Bull Carli Davidson  Meatball - 10 weeks, Pit Bull Carli Davidson  Vincent - 8 weeks, Dachshund Carli Davidson  Vincent - 8 weeks, Dachshund Carli Davidson ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3697800/lamb-thinks-shes-a-dog/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3697800/lamb-thinks-shes-a-dog/"},"headline":"This Very Cute Lamb Is Entirely Convinced She's a Dog","datePublished":"2015-02-05T21:18:02.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:48:05.024Z","description":"She was adopted by collies and has assimilated very, very well","url":"https://time.com/3697800/lamb-thinks-shes-a-dog/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5c531615e435e5f4/69877dd635ba6fdc68c06ec9/screen-shot-2015-02-05-at-2-49-08-pm.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5c531615e435e5f4/69877dd635ba6fdc68c06ec9/screen-shot-2015-02-05-at-2-49-08-pm.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Screen Shot 2015-02-05 at 2.49.08 PM","caption":"","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3697800/lamb-thinks-shes-a-dog/","name":"This Very Cute Lamb Is Entirely Convinced She's a Dog"}}]}] ```