--- --- # Just a Friendly Reminder That Mark Zuckerberg Has the Best Dog Ever ## Video: Meet Boo. Is This the Internet's Cutest Dog? [Watch (HLS stream): Meet Boo. Is This the Internet's Cutest Dog?](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/6qldqUSm.m3u8) (1:34)  _Published 2011-09-12. Boo, a five-year-old Pomeranian with over 1.6 million followers on Facebook, has just released his first book_ by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Jul 31, 2015 6:41 PM UTC by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Jul 31, 2015 6:41 PM UTC Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Friday (in a Facebook [post](https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10102276573729791&set=a.529237706231.2034669.4&type=1&permPage=1), natch) that he and his wife Priscilla Chan are expecting a baby girl. The announcement included a photo of Zuck and a newly-pregnant Chan—but the true star of the photo was clearly their dog: Yes, that ridiculous-looking beast is named Beast, and he’s not a mop. He is a dog. Zuckerberg announced the pregnancy—and also started an honest conversation about miscarriages—but lots of people couldn’t help but turn their attention to Beast: > [](https://twitter.com/cwarzel/status/627170077016739840) Beast, who is a type of Hungarian sheepdog known as a Puli, has his [own Facebook page,](https://www.facebook.com/beast.the.dog) where he is listed as a public figure. He has a casual 2.1 million fans. Look at him: LOOK AT HIM: Mazel Tov to Beast, who we know will make an excellent big brother to Zuckerbaby. ### 10 Puppies That Look Even More Adorable Underwater  Pringles & Pickme Seth Casteel  Monty Seth Casteel  Popsicle Seth Casteel  Ginger Seth Casteel  Ruger Seth Casteel  Rolley Seth Casteel  Iggy Seth Casteel  Reason Seth Casteel  Corey Seth Casteel Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Priscilla Chan: Photos of Dog Beast ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3980556/mark-zuckerberg-priscilla-chan-dog-beast/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3980556/mark-zuckerberg-priscilla-chan-dog-beast/"},"headline":"Just a Friendly Reminder That Mark Zuckerberg Has the Best Dog Ever","datePublished":"2015-07-31T18:41:58.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:43:46.167Z","description":"He and wife Priscilla Chan may be having a baby, but we can't forget about Beast","url":"https://time.com/3980556/mark-zuckerberg-priscilla-chan-dog-beast/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"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/3980556/mark-zuckerberg-priscilla-chan-dog-beast/","name":"Just a Friendly Reminder That Mark Zuckerberg Has the Best Dog Ever"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Meet Boo. Is This the Internet's Cutest Dog?","description":"Boo, a five-year-old Pomeranian with over 1.6 million followers on Facebook, has just released his first book","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/6qldqUSm/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2011-09-12T16:19:33.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/6qldqUSm.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3980556/mark-zuckerberg-priscilla-chan-dog-beast/","duration":"PT1M34S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3980556/mark-zuckerberg-priscilla-chan-dog-beast/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```