Plus hilarious photos of matching animals in this week's furry friends round-up

<p>Need a pick-me-up? We&rsquo;ve got just the thing. In this week&rsquo;s <a href="https://www.asda.com/good-living/tag/pets" target="_blank">Pet Corner</a>, we&rsquo;re bringing you two stories of adorable furry friends, guaranteed to make your day.</p><p>First up, one British photographer shows how different animals can look delightfully similar! See the brilliant photos of the matching animals with co-ordinated fur below. Next, the story of how Britain&rsquo;s loneliest dog became a Hollywood star. Oh we do love a happy ending, don&rsquo;t you?</p><h2>Pet Brothers From Another Mother</h2><p>Professional animal photo agency <a href="http://www.warrenphotographic.co.uk/" target="_blank">Warren Photographic</a> know a thing or two about taking pictures of pets. We can only imagine the cuteness (and mayhem!) that they&rsquo;ve seen in their studio. But these shots of different animals with matching fur has to be one of the sweetest yet...</p><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-version="7" style=" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);"><div style="padding:8px;"><div style=" background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:50% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;"><div style=" background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;"> </div></div><p style=" margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/mL4r-qM_n-/" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_blank">Ginger female kitten Sabrina scent-rubbing against a young sandy lop rabbit</a></p><p style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;">A photo posted by @warrenphotographic on <time datetime="2014-03-30T23:46:59+00:00" style=" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;">Mar 30, 2014 at 4:46pm PDT</time></p></div></blockquote><script async defer src="//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js"></script><p>The photographs show different animals from rabbits and ducks to dogs and kittens, sitting together side-by-side with their matching coats. </p><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-version="7" style=" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);"><div style="padding:8px;"><div style=" background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:50% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;"><div style=" background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;"> </div></div><p style=" margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/mLtaQrM_jW/" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_blank">Cute sandy bunny and cute bantam chick</a></p><p style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;">A photo posted by @warrenphotographic on <time datetime="2014-03-30T22:08:27+00:00" style=" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;">Mar 30, 2014 at 3:08pm PDT</time></p></div></blockquote><script async defer src="//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js"></script><p>These furry pets are so similar, you&rsquo;ll have to look twice to figure out who&rsquo;s who! </p><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-version="7" style=" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);"><div style="padding:8px;"><div style=" background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:50% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;"><div style=" background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;"> </div></div><p style=" margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/mMF4lKM_vs/" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_blank">White German Shepherd Dog, Bronya, 5 years old, and Blue point Siamese cat, Jacob, 9 years old</a></p><p style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;">A photo posted by @warrenphotographic on <time datetime="2014-03-31T01:42:18+00:00" style=" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;">Mar 30, 2014 at 6:42pm PDT</time></p></div></blockquote><script async defer src="//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js"></script><h2>Britain&rsquo;s Loneliest Dog No More</h2><p>As a six-month old stray, Freya, a Staffordshire bull terrier cross, was taken in at Freshfields Animal Rescue in Liverpool. Despite her sweet nature and happy demeanor, over 18,000 potential owners passed her by and she spent six years in kennels.</p><p>But when The Mirror website wrote a story about Freya&rsquo;s struggle, calling her ‘Britain&rsquo;s loneliest dog,&rsquo; her plight captured the hearts of the nation - and beyond! After reading the touching tale, American filmmaker Michael Bay took pity on Freya and decided to put her in his new movie. </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Found this in the news last week in the UK. We gave the Loneliest Dog, a role in Transformers. (1/3) <a href="https://t.co/u4NIBRmvPH">pic.twitter.com/u4NIBRmvPH</a></p>— Michael Bay (@michaelbay) <a href="https://twitter.com/michaelbay/status/738447177559724033">June 2, 2016</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><p>Fast forward to now and Freya is starring in the latest Transformers flick with none other than Sir Antony Hopkins! And not only that, but Freya has found a forever family, a couple from Manchester who fell in love with Freya and agreed to give her a home.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Who's a good dog? Freya is! She's hanging out with Transformers over on Facebook: <a href="https://t.co/F4ncHECrFV">https://t.co/F4ncHECrFV</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/transformers?src=hash">#transformers</a> <a href="https://t.co/6T11ifSLq9">pic.twitter.com/6T11ifSLq9</a></p>— #TRANSFORMERS (@transformers) <a href="https://twitter.com/transformers/status/779034540270432256">September 22, 2016</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><p>Now that&rsquo;s a happy ending! </p><p><em><strong>Don't miss our exclusive pet event on <a href="https://groceries.asda.com/cat/pets/1215662103573?utm_source=goodliving&utm_campaign=family-things-to-do-happy-dog-pet-corner&utm_medium=website" target="_blank">Asda.com</a>, where you can stock up on all your furry friend's needs and wants! </strong></em></p>

Pet's Corner: How 'Britain's Loneliest Dog' Became A Hollywood Star

By Asda Good Living,28th September 2016

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