Giant pet rabbit that thinks he's a dog after copying behaviour of family's cocker spaniel



A pet rabbit has had an identity crisis after spending too much time with the family cocker spaniel and now believes he is a dog.

The Giant Poobah rabbit - also named Poobah - has gone barking mad and spends hours cuddled up with spaniel puppy Scout in his dog basket.



He has also started rejecting his green food and will only eat treats bought for Scout - including his wet dog food.



Barking mad: Poobah has started adopting canine behaviour since his family bought a cocker spaniel named Scout eight months ago

Taking over: The giant rabbit has asserted himself as top-dog and often dominates the dog basket

The confused rabbit has copied Scout's behaviour to such an extent that he even gets up on his hind legs and begs for snacks.



But Poobah has asserted himself as top-dog in the house and is piling on the weight from all the dog biscuits he is eating.

The three-year-old rabbit first began adopting the canine behaviour after Scout was introduced to the family home in Perranporth, near Newquay, Cornwall, eight months ago.

The furry friends both belong to 12-year-old schoolboy Keiran Kent.

Choirboy Keiran, a pupil at the independent Truro School, said: 'Poobah and Scout hit it off immediately.



'Their friendship blossomed and Poobah began emulating Scout eating his dog biscuits.'



Best of friends: Kieran Kent's games of fetch with Scout are often interrupted as Poobah tries to join in

Keiran's grandmother Heather Anderton said the rabbit had recently taken his strange behaviour a step further and begun trying to join in when Scout plays catch with a stick or ball.

Heather, 74, said: 'The rabbit is so funny he will actually go up on his hind legs and beg for biscuits like the dog. When Keiran is lying down on the floor he will go over and groom him.



'The problem is he's also taken-over the dog basket. If Scout is sat in there he will go and sit on top of him.



'He's eaten so much dog food he's got really big, so he's much bigger than Scout.



'We try to keep him on the dry food but he wolfs down dog biscuits and then just lies around the house, so he just keeps growing.



'Poobah even tries to get involved in the doggie games like catch but he gets tired much quicker than Scout.'

