DailyMail- An 18-month-old Alaskan Malamute is winning thousands of fans online after her owner documented her relationship with her favorite toy.
Before Karissa Lerch, 24, from Durham, North Carolina, bought Luca, she had wanted a dog for some time, but couldn’t afford one. Eventually she bought herself a toy wolf from Toys-R-Us to tide her over.
Years later, when she was finally able to get a real dog, Karissa was more than happy to offer her plush companion to the eight-week-old Luca.
‘I passed the stuffed animal down to her and she has kept it by her side at all times ever since,’ Karissa wrote on Reddit.
‘It’s her baby. She carries it around everywhere and always has it with her when she goes to bed.’
The toy dog was originally also named Luca, but as that became confusing, the family renamed the plush pop ‘Mr Wolf’.
According to Karissa, the toy is ‘definitely not dog durable, but [Luca] is super gentle with it.’