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Japanese Man spent $14K to transform himself into collie #shorts

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The Japanese man who spent a fortune “transforming” himself into a dog is hitting back at haters who claim he should go to “therapy” after he took his first ever “walk” in public last week.

The canine cosplayer, named Toco, first made headlines several years ago after dropping more than $14,000 on a hyper-realistic collie suit, so he could realize his lifelong dream of becoming man’s best friend.

Since then, the human pooch has become a sensation on YouTube, where he posts under “I Want To Be an Animal,” after uploading videos of himself masquerading as a Lassie look-alike.

The clips show Toco gussied up in full ruff-rider regalia as he rolls over, plays fetch and other supernaturalistic canine im-paw-sonations like a pooch-parroting version of stuntman Andy Serkis.

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