He loves multitude . Perhaps slightly less than he have a go at it squirrels .
As someone who has a dog who arrive a little too worked up when fresh people come over , I can apprize this solution . Meet Rocky . He ’s agolden retrieverwho can get a bit overexcited when his people have their friends over . But rather than putting him outside or limit him to a doghouse or back bedroom , Rocky ’s people have turned to the same solution tired parents have relied on for decades : screen time .
But rather than loading up episode ofDoc McStuffinsor putting " Baby Shark " on a loop , Rocky ’s people give him the good stuff : squirrel videos .
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Posted by TikTok user Jess Hindman — and later shared by the inimitableWe Rate andiron — this video shows Rocky whiling aside the metre with a cadre speech sound . you’re able to hear the voice from what is doubtless a lively gather babble all around him , but Rocky does not manage . Rocky is focused . It is Squirrel Time .
" He ’s like , trulywatching , " say a vox from behind the tv camera as the soul film cut around to a point behind Rocky ’s question , revealing a squirrel doing some kind of squirrel matter while Rocky — ever intent — sits , nose situated one literal inch from the screen .
The two videos have earned about 2.5 million view merge — not to advert Rocky ’s epic 14/10 paygrade fromWe Rate Dogs . And if anyone ’s disturbed about whether the phone sieve is too modest , fret not . Rocky enjoyssquirrels on the big screen , too .
It ’s an elegant solution forfixing a eccentric of the zoomies — peculiarly because not all dogs like watching screens — and one has to applaud Rocky ’s spirit level of focus . You canvas those squirrel , buddy . Learn their ways . unspoiled boi .
