On September 15th, 2018, Facebook posted an image of a large white dog in the Dogspotting Facebook group with the caption "Thicc sadboi in Brussels I saw just over a month ago. 😞 so precious. so round." The post received more than 21,000 reactions, 500 shares and 500 comments In the following months, the image was posted by several subreddits, with November 9th, 2018, post to /r/AbsoluteUnits gaining over 1,200 upvotes. On January 16th, 2019, Instagram user bearboob used the edited image in post parodying a news headline, captioned "Wide dog gets somehow wider, seeks help from God" (shown below). The post gained over 32,500 likes in four months.

Wide Dog https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/wide-dog