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People Are Sharing Hilarious Pics Of Their Pets Sitting Like Total Weirdos In This Thread (30 Pics)
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.
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Shelby McClain 6 years ago
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.
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Tracey Hirt 6 years ago
Basically: "Mine not only does this, but also falls asleep (the same white chest).
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Dorothy Parker 6 years ago
Please fetch my sunglasses. I'm feeling the Ralph Lauren ones today.
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Kathy Baylis 6 years ago
My dog Scruffy might not sit like a human, but his feet are like a human’s, only, well, different since he has two sets. He’s pigeon-toed in front (his front feet toes pointing in: \ /) and slew-footed in back (his back feet toes pointing out: / \).
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Rich Sobel 6 years ago
If your dog is around 6.5 years old he/she could very well be our pups sibling!
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Dorothy Parker 6 years ago
I was hoping to see a Great Dane here. So tall when they sit up and so delicious.
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Monty Is Fiennes 6 years ago
My boy is similar, he likes things to brush against him, dresses or skirts ...he will stand close to me so that the hem is over his back. And then walk around with me like that, makes it difficult to do anything. Also approves of curtains, sheets on the line and low hanging foliage.
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Lasagne I 6 years ago
I love em all but i think they have a hip problem Still they definitely made my day
Carrie de Luka 6 years ago
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
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Marlowe Fitzpatrik 6 years ago
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!
3ke 6 years ago
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.
Lasagne I 6 years ago
I love em all but i think they have a hip problem Still they definitely made my day
Carrie de Luka 6 years ago
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
Load More Replies... Marlowe Fitzpatrik 6 years ago
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!
3ke 6 years ago
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.
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