A woman whose 70kg dog weighs more than she does and stands at 6ft 1in tall on his hind legs has said “it’s like walking with a celebrity ” around London as people constantly ask to take his picture. Isidora Saveljic, 25, a former senior PR account executive turned content creator who lives in London, first brought Pasha – a Turkish Kangal – home around two years ago. As her first ever pet, she was besotted with the “tiny” creature – but soon enough he became this “huge dog” who now weighs 70kg at nearly three years old.
“If I had a pound for every time someone said to me when I walked him, ‘Oh my goodness, is that a horse? When are you going to ride him?’, I think I’d be a millionaire by now,” Isidora said. She added: “It’s like walking with a celebrity. Everyone is crowding around you, saying, ‘Can I take pictures of him? Can I take videos of him? Can I say hello?’” Isidora said she walks Pasha, who she calls her “son”, up to three hours every day and feeds him a diet consisting of raw meat, fish and vegetables – with the pup consuming around 1.
3kg every day. Having quit her PR job in May this year to focus on creating their own brand, her Instagram following has increased from 200 to 7,000 in the space of one month, with her most “viral” video receiving nearly three million views. Isidora now wants to educate others about the Turkish Kangal breed to address any misconceptions about the “intelligent gentle giant”.
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