Snoopy look-alike Bayley the mini sheepadoodle is winning the hearts of the internet

Bayley may not be the same breed as Snoopy, but she’s still a dead ringer for Charlie Brown’s dog and occasional World War I flying ace.|

Snoopy, created by “Peanuts” cartoonist Charles Schulz in 1950, is easily one of the most recognizable illustrated dogs in the world.

Now, Snoopy’s real-life doppelgänger, a mini sheepadoodle named Bayley, is fast becoming an internet star.

With over 145,000 followers on Instagram, Bayley is warming even the coldest of online hearts with her fluffy white face, black ears and winning smile.

Bayley may not be the same breed as Snoopy, who is famously a beagle, but she’s still a dead ringer for Charlie Brown’s dog and occasional World War I flying ace.

In the last week, Bayley’s star has risen with the help of Doodle Dogs Club, a social media account “celebrating doodles of Instagram” which featured Bayley’s picture in a post Sunday that’s received more than 1 million likes.

According to Bayley’s own Instagram account, the dog, the offspring of a sheepdog mom and a poodle dad, loves to ride in the car and get a puppaccino (an espresso cup filled with whipped cream) from Starbucks. Bayley also loves to cuddle with her family at her “furever home.”

Snoopy first appeared in newspapers on Oct. 4, 1950, two days after the first “Peanuts“ strip.

According to the Charles M Schulz Museum in Santa Rosa, Schulz said Snoopy underwent several revisions in his early years, and ”it was his eventually walking around on two feet that turned him into a lead character.”

Schulz penned the comic strip for decades from his Sonoma County home until his death in 2000 at the age of 77.

This story has been updated to reflect that Bayley is a female dog.

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