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People Are Sharing Hilarious Pics Of Their Pets Sitting Like Total Weirdos In This Thread (30 Pics)
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Imagine walking into a room only to see your pooch sittin’ upright like a hooman. Your reaction? Well, one owner named Brittany put it this way: “My dog is a weirdo bro.” She posted the caption with a hilarious pic on Twitter and it went viral with a whopping 1.2M likes and 192K retweets.
It soon turned out that Brittany is not the only parent whose beloved doggo acts like he ain’t one. Apparently, sitting like a human with an uncanny resemblance is a trick many dogs do. The motif remains unknown, but it doesn’t make the sight any less hilarious. "Man tell him to pay the bills that ain't no dog,” said one caption. So, let’s take a look at the viral Twitter thread of dogs being weird, aka acting hooman and loving it.
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Bored Panda spoke with Tamsin, the mom of the dog named Rhubarb in the image above, about the hilarious moment she spotted her sitting like a human.
“It was in the morning, my partner and I have been working from home and we put on the TV in the background whilst we work, and we looked up,” recounted Tamsin, “and noticed her sitting upright on the sofa watching the program with us.” Tamsin thought it was absolutely hilarious, especially as her Cavapoo dog was only 4 months old at the time. “It was such funny behavior for a puppy.”
And it’s not the only human-like thing Rhubarb does. “She loves watching TV, she often groans if you do something she doesn't agree with, which is quite funny, and she loves to stand on two feet.” Yep, not only does she sit like a hooman, she walks like one too.
Tamsin isn’t sure where this behavior is coming from, but she guesses “with all of us being at home during lockdown, our dogs are picking up on people behaviors.”
When it comes to dogs, the reason for most of their behavioral quirks remains unknown. But Wag Walking blog on pets suggests that some dogs “have grown to develop an anatomical preference for sitting in different positions, especially those with long hind legs and top-heavy bodies.”
And even if this human-like posture doesn’t look particularly comfy for the dog, it may offer “some relief to hip or back stress, typically by supporting the lumbar region and centering the weight of a dog’s chest over the rest of the body.”
Another possible explanation is that by sitting upright, dogs stand at a higher vantage point and show signs of dominance.
And there it is again from Maria... lol cute pic dog looks perfectly fine have had dogs live 15 years who sit this way and never had any issues and visited the vet Multiple times a year.
Basically: "Mine not only does this, but also falls asleep (the same white chest).
Please fetch my sunglasses. I'm feeling the Ralph Lauren ones today.
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I love em all but i think they have a hip problem Still they definitely made my day
I thought something similar about another post with dogs sitting awkwardly so looked it up... it probably is caused by discomfort in some... https://pethelpful.com/dogs/Why-Does-my-Dog-Sit-Like-that-The-Lazy-Puppy-Sloppy-Sit-Explained-And-When-You-Should-be-Concerned#:~:text=Lazy%20sitting%20in%20puppies%20is,is%20something%20to%20worry%20about
It isn't always hip problems. My husky lays with his legs behind him and his vet said there is nothing wrong with him. On the other hand I had an American Bulldog who sat oddly and turns she had arthritis...
There is a very overproportionate number of bulldog/Staffordshire/pitbull-breeds in this post who sit like that. It makes me assume that there are indeed hip- or knee-problems behind it, though I know that that's not the reason for all. Still... If my dog would sit like that often or only like that, I'd go check them out!
I had the same thought.
I though sitting on their butts was a labrador thing but after seeing these pitbulls and frenchies, let's just say that sitting on their haunches might not be as comfortable. But yeah, could be a hip problem or a learned behavior from their humans. All the dogs and cats are cute though.
I love em all but i think they have a hip problem Still they definitely made my day
I thought something similar about another post with dogs sitting awkwardly so looked it up... it probably is caused by discomfort in some... https://pethelpful.com/dogs/Why-Does-my-Dog-Sit-Like-that-The-Lazy-Puppy-Sloppy-Sit-Explained-And-When-You-Should-be-Concerned#:~:text=Lazy%20sitting%20in%20puppies%20is,is%20something%20to%20worry%20about
It isn't always hip problems. My husky lays with his legs behind him and his vet said there is nothing wrong with him. On the other hand I had an American Bulldog who sat oddly and turns she had arthritis...
There is a very overproportionate number of bulldog/Staffordshire/pitbull-breeds in this post who sit like that. It makes me assume that there are indeed hip- or knee-problems behind it, though I know that that's not the reason for all. Still... If my dog would sit like that often or only like that, I'd go check them out!
I had the same thought.
I though sitting on their butts was a labrador thing but after seeing these pitbulls and frenchies, let's just say that sitting on their haunches might not be as comfortable. But yeah, could be a hip problem or a learned behavior from their humans. All the dogs and cats are cute though.