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Is Ryan Lochte lying about his dog's age?

Rob Schumacher / Reuters

Ryan Lochte's dog, Carter, celebrated his birthday Sunday. How old he turned is a bit of a mystery, though.

Lochte had previously said that Carter was eight - a simple mistake, right? However, as one Twitter user pointed out, the Olympic swimmer also referred to his dog as eight years old in both 2014 and 2015.

Lochte stated in last year's birthday tweet that Carter was born in 2007, which would make the 2014 tweet inaccurate. Or maybe Carter was actually born in 2006, and the 2015 tweet is wrong.

Regardless, his tweet generated great reactions:

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