Aspen, A Dog With 130 Thousand Followers On Instagram

Today, we live in a world dominated by spectacle, in which Instagram and other social networks mark the times,  in a way that not even traditional media have been able to achieve throughout history. And if not, see what happens to Aspen with Instagram.

It is no secret to anyone that this authentic boom, generated since the creation of Facebook, has not only changed the way of doing journalism in the world, but has also given users the possibility of immortalizing themselves in photographs and getting much closer to others people, be they artists or politicians.

That is, a window to the world in which they can have contact with any personality, without the need to go through filters that make it impossible to broadcast any type of message.

It should be noted that like any social network, Instagram has a series of idioms of any entity that is considered well established and attractive to the majority, and occasionally used by minorities.

For example, here the photographs of semi-naked women, images of food and cats reign, so the animal kingdom is usually seen mainly synthesized in the figure of these felines.

However, in recent times a beautiful canine has become a true phenomenon in this social network, reaching no more and no less than 130 thousand followers, a figure that only celebrities can reach.

Aspen, man’s best friend … and Instagram

This is Aspen, a beautiful Golden Retriever from Colorado who has become one of the most viewed and loved characters in this medium by having a series of fun photographs in which he can be seen skating on ice, wearing sunglasses. sun or accompanying their masters on a boat trip.

As you might imagine, he is not the one who runs his @aspenthemountainpup account, but his master Hunter Lawrence, who still cannot believe the success his 4-year-old dog has achieved on Instagram.

And the most impressive thing is that this whole story begins with Hunter’s little enthusiasm for publishing photos of his pet through this medium, until he realized that some of these were quite funny and funny.

Instant success

Shortly after posting some pictures of Aspen, the numbers on his posts started to skyrocket, to a point where it seemed impossible to believe.

And it is that far from being something anecdotal that Hunter and his wife would use to simply hang out and see the photos of their dog, many users began to see the images and follow Aspen’s account.

It happens that this phenomenon represents like few others the safe bet that many animals mean on Instagram, since like other topics such as gastronomy or celebrities, they tend to have a large audience in this social network.

Other cases

What is certain is that Aspen is not the only dog ​​that has achieved resounding success in social networks, and there are others that have likewise become authentic network phenomena. These are the most striking:

• Marutaro: a beautiful Shiba Inu, which is considered the happiest dog in the world.
• Marnie the dog: it is a Shih Tzu that has nothing more and nothing less than 291 thousand followers on Instagram.
• Tunameltsmyheart: probably the best known case of canines in social networks, since this Chihuahua mongrel is known throughout the network for his particular smile, and has more than a million followers.

As we can see, canines also rule the web. Aspen is one of the hundreds that already populate social networks. Hopefully it will serve to sensitize society with its protection and care.

Source: Instagram @aspenthemountainpup.