The dog became famous in a meme originating from a photo of Kabosu taken by Atsuko Sato, a Japanese kindergarten teacher who adopted her. The image eventually turned into a meme. In December 2013 ...

According to Know Your Meme site, the Doge meme featured the Shiba Inu in photos that "may be photoshopped to change the dog's face or captioned with interior monologues in Comic Sans font.