I don't know that I'd call that any kind of spider. If a kid came to my house on Hallowe'en with a dog like that, I'd say, "Cute dog costume. What is it supposed to be?"
"I don't like dogs." That may be the bravest thing you ever said. When I voice my anti-dog feelings, I get that you're-a-monster vibe, even from my friends and family. It's nice to know I'm not alone.
I'm really impressed - they've created something genuinely terrifying at first glance, and irresistibly cute once you get acquainted with it. The long shot of the dogspider trotting merrily through the parking lot is fucking adorable.
Given the long and valuable role played by dogs in the social and physical evolution of humans (mitochondrial DNA places the domestication of dogs about 100,000 years ago, roughly on par with the developments of language and fire), I regard dog haters with some suspicion.
But yeah, this clearly had to be shot outside the US. Or any cricket-playing country.
I am an elderly female pacifist. I do not own a gun, but believe me, if someone pranked me with this, assuming I didn't experience a fatal cardiac arrest, I would batter the innocent animal to death, which I would regret later, and then find the fucking owner and kill him with my bare hands, which I wouldn't regret at all.
But yeah, this clearly had to be shot outside the US. Or any cricket-playing country.