A puppy’s photo was deleted by Facebook after it decided it was looking more like a joystick’.

Dominic Ibaos, 16, shared a photo of little Dimitri asleep in his hand.

He only realised the rare Xoloitzcuintli dog, or Mexican hairless, could be mistaken for something else when the same photograph was banned from a local animal lovers group.

Dominic, from Davao City in the Philippines, said: It actually made me really angry for a moment, but I feel better about it now because people find it hilarious.

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