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Gus is a giant mutt who thinks he’s a pomeranian, owner mariel Street of Winnetka Heights says. “Little kids are scared of him; littler dogs are afraid of him,” Street says. “His paws can cover your whole face, but he thinks he’s a lap dog.” Aside from his size, his signature characteristic is his eyebrows. Last year Street rescued Gus from town Lake Animal rescue in Austin, where she was living. “He was in the kennel with a really rambunctious, adorable dog, and he was just lying there, and he had this goofy look on his face and these expressive eyebrows,” she says. “And he had paws the size of IHOp pancakes when he was a puppy, so it was adorable.” When Street takes the more than 100-pound Gus to the dog park, he is often afraid of big dogs, but he falls right in with the little dogs and romps around with them. “He thinks he’s one of them,” she says.