--- title: Photo of Dog That Looks Like Bear Goes Viral description: Either way, it's really, really cute canonical: https://time.com/4167468/dog-or-bear/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-01-05T19:33:53.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:28:17.319Z og:title: The Internet Is Convinced This Dog Is Really a Bear og:description: Either way, it's really, really cute og:url: https://time.com/4167468/dog-or-bear/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Internet Is Convinced This Dog Is Really a Bear twitter:description: Either way, it's really, really cute twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # The Internet Is Convinced This Dog Is Really a Bear by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Jan 5, 2016 7:33 PM UTC by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Jan 5, 2016 7:33 PM UTC Last week, the Internet was embroiled in a [heated debate](http://time.com/4163516/dog-pants-internet-debate/): if a dog wore pants, what would they look like? Now that _that_ has died down, there’s a new canine-related question circulating: is the following creature a dog or a bear? The photo made its way [to Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/aww/comments/3yp9lh/somebody%5Fbrought%5Fthis%5Fbear%5Finto%5Fdoggie%5Fday%5Fcare/) with the caption, “Somebody brought this bear into doggie day care.” People quickly began to discuss what kind of creature this was. One person insisted that it wasn’t a dog _or_ a bear, but instead, a baby Ewok. A lively debate broke out [on Twitter](https://twitter.com/GoldPartGoddess/status/683362915596894208) as well. BuzzFeed managed to [track down](http://www.buzzfeed.com/rachelzarrell/beardog-or-bog#.gia8dOKk6) this creature’s owner, who confirmed that it is indeed a dog. She’s a Pomeranian mix named Bounce, who lives in Georgia, but was photographed at a Nashville doggie daycare. Since her owners adopted her, they’re not entirely sure what the non-Pomeranian part of her is. We’re not ruling out Ewok. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4167468/dog-or-bear/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4167468/dog-or-bear/"},"headline":"The Internet Is Convinced This Dog Is Really a Bear","datePublished":"2016-01-05T19:33:53.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:28:17.319Z","description":"Either way, it's really, really cute","url":"https://time.com/4167468/dog-or-bear/","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/4167468/dog-or-bear/","name":"The Internet Is Convinced This Dog Is Really a Bear"}}]}] ```