boo (march 16, 2006january 18, 2019) was a pomeranian dog that became an internet celebrity. he was born in the san francisco bay area. he had a popular facebook page and four photo books were sold. as of march 2016, boo had over 17.5 million likes on facebook. boo was owned by irene ahn, a facebook employee, who was also the owner of boo's older brother, buddy (died september 6, 2017).