Wood you take him to the vet? (Picture: @miketotheklocke)

An hilarious picture of a block of wood featuring what looks like a dog’s face has been shared hundreds of thousands of times on Twitter.

The wood, which has black marks on it giving it the appearance of a Shiba Inu dog, was posted with the caption: ‘Should I take my dog to the vet?’

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Within moments of posting the pic, user ‘Mike to the klocke’ from the US city of Milwaukee saw hundreds of people reply with their own wood-themed puns.

More than 300,000 people liked his post, sending it to the top of Twitter users’ feeds worldwide.


Should I take my dog to the vet pic.twitter.com/CHiW4C6fQz — Klocke (@_klockwork) July 12, 2017

It's all good everyone thanks for the concern I think he's just chopped — Klocke (@_klockwork) July 12, 2017

See a lot of people are making wood puns and I just think it's a little sappy — Klocke (@_klockwork) July 12, 2017

This tweet could use some work. It's a little ruff around the edges — Sweat Papí (@Dorsey_5) July 12, 2017

I think you done barked up the wrong tree boy — Phil Bozeman's guest spot in The Alpha The Omega (@_nckwllch) July 12, 2017

He's asking if he should take his golden re-TREE-ver to the vet. — 👁"I'm wide awake."👁 (@Legallybeagle) July 13, 2017

Have you had him chipped? — Graeme Boyd (@AceyBongos) July 12, 2017

have you tried playing with him? he just looks a little board — fall (@autumnjariens) July 12, 2017

I wood. — Rob Kahn (@RobertKahn) July 13, 2017

What do you think's the root of the issue? — Simon Hartley (@streakley) July 13, 2017

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