Another animal?

This dog is looking a bit nude from the front. From the back though its very short coat but fluffy mane-like head and long tail make it look like a LION! Raar!
It hasn't learnt how to actually roar yet, but male lions generally relax in the sun while their females do all the running about in the hot sun so it's got the stance right.*

It's previous owners deserve to get bad hair cuts too. Preferably mullets.

* The dog is female, so I am using artistic blog license here.

Not a lion

This dog is HUMUNGOUS, golden, has 4 legs and a tail and has big teeth LIKE A LION. Thankfully he is NOT A LION, so when I was giving him his medicine in chicken yesterday he didn't eat my arm along with it, although I had to withdraw my pinkies pretty quickly as his mouth is enormous. His name is Victor, and he certainly is an OVERCOMER, as his evil former owner kept him and his mum and sister on a rooftop with no shelter, no exercise and no interaction with humans and yet HE IS STILL AFFECTIONATE and a SOFTIE; again, not like most lions, who would probably have POUNCED ON AND EATEN Victor's previous crummy owner. In this respect, it is a shame Victor is not a lion. Nom nom nom nom nom!