Who needs a dog leash... when you can have dog LASHES! Eye make-up for pooches is the latest internet craze

  • Photos of dogs wearing fake lashes emerged on a Japanese culture blog
  • They have since been followed by cats - with deeply unsettling results
  • Prosthetics turn pets sarcastic, innocent, suspicious or plain creepy

By Dan Bloom

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Is your dog glamorous enough? No? In that case, the internet has a fantastic idea for you.

Sticking false eyelashes on pets is the next online craze, if photos posted by Japanese social media users are anything to go by.

The strangely unsettling shots surfaced on the Kotaku blog, which covers the more bizarre end of life in Japan, Korea and China.

'Allo gorgeous! Someone, somewhere has decided dogs' faces aren't expressive enough - and would be improved with the use of fake eyelashes. The photos emerged on the Japanese culture blog Kotaku

'Allo gorgeous! Someone, somewhere has decided dogs' faces aren't expressive enough - and would be improved with the use of fake eyelashes. The photos emerged on the Japanese culture blog Kotaku

Unsettling: Once seen, these photos of dogs wearing fluttering false eyelashes cannot be unseen

Unsettling: Once seen, these photos of dogs wearing fluttering false eyelashes cannot be unseen

Recognise this? One dog bears a striking resemblance to the 'Doge' meme, based on Japanese Shiba Inus

Recognise this? One dog bears a striking resemblance to the 'Doge' meme, based on Japanese Shiba Inus

Barking mad: This pet looks as though it is taking its owner to task for equipping it with fake eyelashes

Barking mad: This pet looks as though it is taking its owner to task for equipping it with fake eyelashes

Some pet owners have gone even further than false lashes, with one giving what appears to be a Japanese Shiba Inu a makeover with a silky neckerchief.

The surprised dog bears an uncanny resemblance to the Doge - a surreal meme of an all-knowing dog surrounded by examples of terrible grammar in the font Comic Sans MS.

It seems the craze has spread to cats, too, who look remarkably stern in their prosthetics.

But several Twitter users who tried to affix false lashes to their pets failed completely - when their accessories were mistaken for snacks.

Others were thwarted by less-than-co-operative dogs or snarling grumpy cats.

Woof woof: While some of the dogs look bizarre or unnerving, others are strangely suited to fake lashes

Woof woof: While some of the dogs look bizarre or unnerving, others are strangely suited to fake lashes

A dog wearing false eyelashes
A cat wearing false eyelashes

Here's looking at you, kitt: The craze appears to have spread from dogs to cats. Both look unfeasibly scary

Furry-ous: Cats don't take quite as well to fake eyelashes, it seems. This one looks terribly stern

Furry-ous: Cats don't take quite as well to fake eyelashes, it seems. This one looks terribly stern

The craze is thought to have begun when Japanese Twitter user @30miomio3030 uploaded a picture of a lapdog with surprised-looking black eyelashes, which has been re-tweeted more than 10,000 times.

The Kotaku blog, which highlighted the craze, wrote: 'Right now, it's not a huge thing by any stretch - yet. But, for better or worse, this does exist!'

Like most creatures, dogs do have lashes to keep grit and pollen our of their eyes, but they are often shorter or harder to notice than those on human beings.

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