The lockdown has surely instigated many genius and not-so-much ideas. As boredom kicked in, hoomans turned to their pets since they were the last sources of entertainment.

Sooner than we knew it, the pun of “in bread” animals came to being. In fact, people found it so hilarious, it became one of the biggest internet crazes. The recipe is simple. You take a piece of bread (of your choice) and put it over the head of your beloved furball. You laugh out loud, preferably hysterically, at the priceless sight. Grab a camera and snap a picture. Voila! Your in bread pet is ready for sharing.

Bored Panda compiled the most hilarious examples of pure bread pooches, but beware, the post is NOT gluten-free!

#1 A Rare Picture Of An Inbread Dog

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#2 Purebread Or Inbread Doggo?

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#3 Waiting For The Butter To Spread Like

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If you’re wondering why the heck people are putting slices of bread on their pets, you’re not the only one.

One Reddit user has posted a question on the subreddit r/outoftheloop: “I keep seeing dogs around the internet (specifically Pomeranians) with slices of bread fit around their head, is there any reason for doing this besides that it looks cute? And why bread? Does anyone know the origin of this meme?”

Luckily, people were armed with many theories in their answers. One answered that the meme has to do with “them being purebred, bred=bread.” Another suggested the joke went back to cats. “If you put a string or rubber band around a cat’s whiskers they will freak out and start backing up as though they are trapped halfway down a pipe.”

#4 Inbread Puppy

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#5 So This Bird Got A New Bread Necklace

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#6 This Is Bob, My Cat. We Tried To Make Him In-Bread

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In reality, the “pet breading” pun is thought to have emerged from the original cat bread photo posted on Tumblr and Reddit way back in 2011. It resurfaced several times after as a viral photo fad, the name of which refers to a pun on “inbred.”

#7 This Is My Ferret. She’s Inbread

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#8 You’re The Best Thing Since Sliced Bread

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#9 Not Impressed

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#10 Quarantine Got Us Like… We Can’t Decide… Are We Purebread Or Inbread?

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#11 These Inbred Dogs Are Getting Ridiculous

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#12 Breaded Fluff

#13 All Family Of Pure Breads

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#14 An Open Faced Sandwich

#15 I Think The Humans Have Gone Mad

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#16 I Am Inbread

#17 “I’m Bread Haha”

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#18 I’m Pita Bread Now

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#19 Pippa The Hot Dog

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#20 Who’s Hungry?

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#21 Guinea Pig With Bread Hat

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#22 My Dogs Are Inbread, Send Thoughts And Prayers

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#23 Tigger Was Not Much Impressed By This Challenge But He Did Get Some Bread Out Of It So Not All Bad

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#24 So Tired Of Everyone Calling Me Inbread Just Because I’m Purebread

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#25 Inbread Conehead

#26 What The Heckins Is A Bread Challenge Anyhow? At Yeast I’m All Done With It

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#27 I Am Bear. Take Two Of This Weird Bread Thing The Pawrents Are Trying. Either The Bread Was Weak Or My Snoot Is So Powerful, Either Way… I Still Wasn’t Having It

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#28 Who Benji? He’s 100% Purebread

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#29 Inbread Companions

#30 My Puppy Roo

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#31 I Ate Toast. I Got Stuck In Toast

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#32 I’m Pure Bread Today

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#33 Inbread Fails

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#34 Our Sausage In Bread

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#35 Thanks, We Needed It A Loaf

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#36 Tina Wearing Her Bread Crown

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#37 “Unimpressed With My Humans”

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#38 Glam Has Started Taking Loafing A Little Too Seriously

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#39 No Animals Were Harmed In This Study, Although Delicate Egos Suffered Mild Bruising

Field experimentation with live subjects has revealed that the cat breading reflex is remarkably similar to the ace bandage torso wrap reflex of instantaneous involuntary total body paralysis and a facial expression of disbelief. 

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#40 There’s Bread On My Head Hehe

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#41 Who Wants To Grab Brunch?

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#42 My Cats Reaction To Being Breaded

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#43 Babycat With A Bread Necklace

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#44 My Rabbit Is Inbread

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#45 My Girlfriend’s Cat Is A Little Inbread

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#46 This Is My Inbread Cat Smokey

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#47 Inbread Cat

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#48 Inbread Bubbles

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#49 Think This Dog Is Inbread

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#50 An Inbread Cat

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#51 I’m Dying

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#52 Another In-Bread Pup

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#53 Pug Loaf

#54 Inbread Doggo

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#55 I Think Waffle Might Be Inbread

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#56 You Think Your Dog Has Got Problems? My Dog Is Inbread

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#57 Just Learned About “Cat Breading.” Can’t Find The Cat

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#58 Should I Be An In-Bread Or Pure-Bread For Halloween?

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#59 Inbread Doggo

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#60 Why Mom

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#61 He Was Fine With This, Just Really Wanted To Eat The Bread

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#62 There Was A Pigeon In My Garden Wearing A Slice Of Bread

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#63 Just Wanted To See If She Would Let Me Do It. First Try

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#64 Happy

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#65 Harder Than It Looks

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#66 When Breading Goes Wrong

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#67 This Is What Happens When You Wake Mum Up Early On Mother’s Day

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#68 My Inbread

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#69 My Housemate Has An Inbread Ferret

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#70 Inbread Cat With A Blep

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#71 Bread Cat

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#72 Inbread Cat

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#73 My Friend Sent Me A Picture Of His Cat

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#74 My Cat Is A Bit In-Bread

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#75 Me And The Girls Amusing Ourselves However Possible

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#76 I Know This Is So 5 Years Ago But It Was Our First Time. He’s Adorable

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#77 These Pedigree Cats Are All Inbread

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#78 Inbread

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#79 Good Morning , I Swear This Is My Happy Face

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#80 Inbread Patch, In Four Pictures

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#81 It Took A Few Attempts. Oakey Thought It Was A Weird Game But Great Fun. He Especially Loved It When The Bread Fell Apart And He Got To Scoff It All

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#82 She Said She’ll Bring Me Breakfast In Bed

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#83 Whoever Did This, You’re Toast

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#84 Bitten Bread Dog

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#85 I Cut A Whole In My Bread

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#86 Inbread Dog

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#87 My Friend’s Inbread Kitty

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#88 Inbread Border Collie

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#89 Wheat Are You Looking At?

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#90 Baby Loaf

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#91 Merry Christmas From George The Awesome Breadcat

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#92 Make Inbread Cats Bready Again

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#93 Look! I’m An In Bread Cat

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#94 The Best Out Of 10

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#95 Chihuahua Head In Bread

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#96 I Don’t Have A Pet, But Here’s My Friend’s Inbread Cat

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#97 This Was The Only Shot I Could Get Before He Ate It And Got Mega Cuddles

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#98 Not Impressed

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#99 This Is An Inbread Cat

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#100 I’ve Never Seen Such An Amazing Inbread Cat Before

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#101 Fluffy The Pomeranian Is Inbread

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#102 An Inbread Cat

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#103 I Have An In Bread Cat Please Don’t Make Fun Of Him

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#104 In-Bread Minnie

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#105 Hefty Bread Chonk

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#106 In Bread Cat

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#107 Inbread Cat

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