'This dog was disfigured trying to save his family from a house fire': Hundreds of people on Facebook are tricked into sharing photo of a dog with HAM on its face

  • Stephen Roseman uploaded the image of the 'burned' dog on Facebook
  • The post initially attracted heartfelt responses from concerned users 
  • But they soon realized there was a cold cut on the animal's face 
  • As a result, some people slammed Roseman as 'heartless' for the post 

By Dailymail.com Reporter

Published: 13:51 EST, 30 December 2015 | Updated: 02:26 EST, 31 December 2015

When Stephen Roseman posted a picture of his supposedly hurt dog on Facebook, thousands shared the image and said they were praying for the animal.

According to the post, it was 'badly burned and disfigured trying to save his family from a house fire.'

But, after more than 100,000 shares and over 50,000 likes, people looked a little closer and realized the burn mark was actually a piece of ham.

When Stephen Roseman posted a picture of his supposedly hurt dog on Facebook, thousands shared the image and said they were praying for the animal - but then they looked a little closer and realized it was actually a pieced of ham draped across his face 

When Stephen Roseman posted a picture of his supposedly hurt dog on Facebook, thousands shared the image and said they were praying for the animal - but then they looked a little closer and realized it was actually a pieced of ham draped across his face 

Roseman managed to convince animal lovers the piece of meat draped across the pup's face was injuries he sustained in the fire.

At first, people sent the dog 'Christmas miracles' while others called him 'brave'.

But soon enough users looked closer, and realized it was a cold cut.  

When people started to realize, Roseman was described as 'heartless' in the comments below. 

Some also said he was mistreating the dog for placing the food on his head.  

However he took it in his stride, and wrote earlier this week: 'So far, fifty two thousand prayers for ham dog, god bless him.'

One Facebook user sent the dog the 'last prayer miracle of 2015', in the hope the animal will recover 

One Facebook user sent the dog the 'last prayer miracle of 2015', in the hope the animal will recover 

Another person on social media said the praying that the dog would recover 

Another person on social media said the praying that the dog would recover 

Pamela Bianchini said her heart was breaking for the poor dog 

Pamela Bianchini said her heart was breaking for the poor dog 

When people noticed what was actually going on with the dog, the started joking about its condition 

When people noticed what was actually going on with the dog, the started joking about its condition 

One user however was offended by the post and slammed Roseman for uploading the picture 

One user however was offended by the post and slammed Roseman for uploading the picture 

 

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