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Water pal you are! Chihuahua hitches a lift across a lake on a friendly dog

  • Tim the chihuahua hitched a ride on his good friend Ben the Great Pyrenees 
  • Tim can’t swim, so he relied on good ol’ Ben to get him across an Illinois lake 
  • Ben did the job, but he needed to shake himself dry while Tim was on his back
  • Tim kept his balance and avoided a dip in the water 

What are friends for? For Tim the chihuahua, they’re for hitching a ride on another’s back to avoid drowning.

Tim can’t swim, but he managed to piggyback his good buddy, Ben the Great Pyrenees.

Ben paddled his way across a lake in McHenry, Illinois, while Tim sits on top of him, taking in the view.

Tim the chihuahua can’t swim, but he managed to piggyback his good buddy, Ben the Great Pyrenees

Ben took Tim on a pleasant ride in a lake near McHenry, Illinois

Ben took Tim on a pleasant ride in a lake near McHenry, Illinois

Tim can't swim, so he's totally dependent on his big buddy to keep him from drowning

Tim can’t swim, so he’s totally dependent on his big buddy to keep him from drowning

Eventually, Ben reached shore, but he needed to shake himself dry. So Tim kept his balance and avoided falling into the water

Eventually, Ben reached shore, but he needed to shake himself dry. So Tim kept his balance and avoided falling into the water

Eventually, Ben reached shore, but he needed to shake himself dry.

So Tim kept his balance and avoided falling into the water.

Tim and Ben form the famous Instagram duo Big Ben and Tiny Tim, who together have amassed nearly 46,000 followers.

Their cute videos together show adorable moments in their enduring friendship. 

‘When tiny Tim arrived from Texas as a foster dog he adopted 125 lb gentle Ben as his personal couch, step stool and friend,’ the dogs’ owners wrote on the Instagram account.