Shiba inu Kabosu who inspired ‘doge’ suffers with leukaemia

• Kabosu, the dog who created “doge,” has liver and leukaemia.
• Kabosu’s 2010 photo with folded paws and a perplexed expression went viral.
• After Christmas Eve, the shiba inu stopped eating and drinking.

Kabosu, the well-known dog on the internet that created the “doge” meme and had a significant impact on digital culture for ten years, is in critical condition due to liver and leukaemia disease.

According to a series of Instagram photos by her owner Atsuko Sato, a kindergarten teacher in Sakura, Japan, the 17-year-old shiba inu was diagnosed with acute cholangiohepatitis and chronic lymphocytic leukaemia after stopping “eating and drinking voluntarily” on Christmas Eve.

Even though Sato said Kabosu had regained her hunger, she had earlier posted that the dog was moving less and more slowly.

When a 2010 image of Kabosu posing with her paws folded and a bewildered expression went viral on Reddit, Tumblr, and 4Chan with scattered Comic Sans lettering, it helped make her one of the most recognizable animals on the internet.

Internet users quickly started adding Kabosu’s visage to foods, buildings, and other animals. Later, companies like Oreo and Stockholm’s subway embraced the joke.

In December 2013, two programmers launched a rival cryptocurrency called Dogecoin as a satirical response to Bitcoin that reflected the internet’s love of animal memes, solidifying the “doge” meme’s appeal.

It is regarded as the first “meme coin” or parody of bitcoin and peaked in value in 2014 at more over $400.

Dogecoin sponsored the English football team Watford, of which Elon Musk is a fan, and Kabosu’s image can be seen on the sleeves of the uniform.

The popularity of various shiba inu-related memes that have been popular in the 2020s, such as the North Atlantic Fellas Organization, a pro-Ukrainian social media movement devoted to making fun of Russia’s war efforts and battling misinformation, is another example of Kabosu’s legacy.

The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense thanked the organization for helping generate money for the armed forces by tweeting a photo-shopped image of a shiba inu wearing fatigues.

In Sato’s most recent posts about Kabosu, she said the dog was “in a very dangerous condition” and appeared to be jaundiced, but was also taking antibiotics.

But she also thanked Kabosu’s fans for their support, saying she is “getting power from all over the world!”

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