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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.”

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wants to have a talk with you. Like father and son, you know... has words of wisdom to share with your young self.

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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
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Basically: "Mine not only does this, but also falls asleep (the same white chest).

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

But she’s staring at you with total adoration! ❤️❤️

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Kathy Baylis
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If your dog is around 6.5 years old he/she could very well be our pups sibling!

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I was hoping to see a Great Dane here. So tall when they sit up and so delicious.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Are you sure that's not your uncle who's just put you in his will?

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Supper common posture for pugs...almost as common as the sitting on just one side with outer leg straight out position.

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