--- 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=457&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 457 og:image:height: 257 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=457&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This Very Cute Lamb Is Entirely Convinced She's a Dog > Sponsored content. 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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. 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