Foster Falls Head Over Heels for Puppy's Giant Head, Then Learns What Breeds He Is
When a litter of four puppies arrived at a California shelter in 2017, workers found themselves fawning over one little guy in particular with a great big head.
He was a mutt for sure — the most adorable rescue mutt one could possibly want to bring home.
The puppies were found as strays, according to The Dodo, and brought to the Humane Society Silicon Valley in California by a good Samaritan.
Lauren Gallagher, who works in the finance department at HSSV, regularly fosters puppies and decided to take all four home with her as foster dogs.
Three of the pups resembled one another, appearing to be a border collie mix. But the puppy with the giant head, affectionately known as “Bighead,” or “Biggie,” looked different from the rest.
“It’s not unusual for litters to have different fathers, and to see a big diversity in those litters,” employee Finnegan Dowling said, suspicious that Bighead might have a different father than his litter mates.
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Warm sunny day at dog park, and running with my friends so I’m getting hot!
Once Bighead settled into his new foster home, Gallagher’s daughters fell in love with him. Gallagher’s older dogs, Dozer, a great Dane mix and Otto, a Weimaraner, also took a liking to the pup. Ultimately, Gallagher ended up officially adopting Bighead.
Meanwhile, the HSSV set out to discover what mix of dog breeds made the sweet puppy so adorably unique.
“Lots of people tried to guess which breeds he was,” Gallagher said. “I thought maybe pit bull, maybe Shar-Pei — people were guessing things like St. Bernard.”
Bighead’s DNA was sent in for testing, and the results were interesting:
“Biggie is 25 percent Shar-Pei, 25 percent boxer, 12.5 percent border collie (that’s the color), 12.5 percent Staffordshire terrier (small pit bull), 12.5 percent Lhasa apso, and 12.5 percent mixed companion sporting dog,” Gallagher said.
In other words, a mutt — one of the best breeds out there.
Bighead can be followed on his Instagram account where he regularly wins hearts and puts smiles on the faces of people worldwide.
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