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Overly Excited Dog
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About
Overly Excited Dog refers to a photoshop meme featuring a dog with an excited expression protecting a kitten on a brown couch. The meme became popular after the photograph of the dog was featured on Reddit.
Origin
On July 18th, 2015, redditor YungDemon created a post in the subreddit /r/aww titled, "Came home to my roommates dog protecting my kitten from the loud thunder and lightning outside" which featured two photographs, below.[1] In the second photo, taken mid-yawn, the dog's mouth is wide open and its eyes are popping out of its skull. According to the poster, the dog is a mutt breed from a local shelter. The post received 5,884 points (98% upvoted) in the first three days after it was posted.
![Overly Excited Dog: Original Posting Companion Image](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/995/330/62c.jpg)
![Overly Excited Dog: Original](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/995/329/dde.jpg)
Precursor
There are several other photographs of dogs in circulation for photoshop use as "overly excited dog", including Pun Dog and the pug seen below, who was the subject of a reddit Photoshop Battle in January 2015.[5]
![Overly Excited Pug](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/995/349/9c9.jpg)
Spread
After the post's initial popularity (which contained one photoshopped response as a reply, Bored Panda posted the photograph as an open list photoshop contest on July 19th, 2015, and received 22 submissions and received 183,000 views.[2] The photos posted in the open list were subsequently picked up and published by other news outlets, including the Daily Mail and Yahoo Buzz.[3][4]
Various Examples
![Space Hero Dog](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/000/995/348/e5e.jpg)
![Jon Travolta Creeping On Kitten](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/000/995/345/b9c.png)
![Pun Dog Meets Overly Excited Dog](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/000/995/340/f50.jpg)
![Dog Excited by New Horizons Pluto Flyby AND GIT 429-938 ED Choron fr-cdor sd ons lass](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/000/995/337/c18.jpg)
![Luigi Protection](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/000/995/334/937.png)
![Dog Playing Videogames WATGHDOGS](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/000/995/336/807.jpg)
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External References
[1] Reddit – Came home to my roommates dog protecting my kitten from the loud thunder and lightning outside
[2] Bored Panda – A Dog Protected A Kitten During A Lightning Storm, And Here’s How The Internet Responded
[3] Daily Mail – The photo that sparked a storm of memes: Hilarious images of terrified dog protecting kitten during thunder
[4] Yahoo Buzz – Dog protecting kitten from thunderstorm gets meme treatment
[5] Reddit – PsBattle: This overly excited dog.
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Top Comments
Nagging Marge
Jul 22, 2015 at 04:24PM EDT
SlimeMoff
Jul 22, 2015 at 04:16PM EDT