Some dogs perk up at the thought of move to the car park . Mav light up at the mention of ~murder~.
Most wienerwurst owners know a thing or two abouttrigger wordsthat send our puppy into whirls of excitement . For some , it might be " ballpark , " " walk , " " motorcar , " or something with similarly exciting intension . But for 3 - year - oldgolden retrieverMav , one word stands well above the rest : slaying .
Yes , this sweet , goofy golden ’s favourite word is execution , and it ’s his obsession with the word that ’s made him aTikTok ace . In Mav ’s " murder videos , " you may see the pup completely perk up when he hears the word " murder , " eagerly jumping around and lean in lot . In his most democratic telecasting , his ownerechoes a popular style , " He ’s a 10 , but his favorite word is … murder .
Photo: Melissa Williams
" … Why do we care this ? " she exclaims as Mav perquisite up and excitedly style toward the door .
" It ’s the uncanny affair in the world , " Mel Williams , Mav ’s proprietor , tell Daily Paws . " It ’s very weird . He ’s a gilded retriever with a happy - go - prosperous personality , but you say that Holy Writ and he goes daft . "
Though Mav also responds enthusiastically to more common words like " take the air " or " park , " Williams says the level of excitement he shows for the countersign " execution " is unmatched . While some people might think such a foreboding preferred Christian Bible means Mav is out for blood , Williams has a unlike theory on why her goofy pup perks up so much . ( And it ’s not that he ’s a reincarnatedserial killer . )
Likesimilar breeds , one of Mav ’s very preferent thing in the human beings is water system . He loves prancing around in a sprinkler orswimmingmore than anything . Williams chop-chop determine that she did n’t want Mav freaking out every time he heard such a common word , so she avoided " water " as much as potential to reduce the association .
Months later , when Mel was discussing one of her favorite crime podcasts with her niece , Mav embark on going crazy , and it only took a flying " process of liquidation " to figure out the word that was send him into a fury : Not " podcast , " not " mystery , " but " murder . "
Williams speculates that some part of Mav remembers what " piddle " used to signify , and it ’s the -ER strait that place him into a frenzy . Fittingly , Mav also likes the word " killer , " which is both ~spooky~ and end with the same -ER sound as water and murder .
And though some hoi polloi speculate that it ’s all about tonicity — we’d be lying if we say we have n’t seek to get our firedog to go somewhere with high - pitched vocalisation and promise of treats and playtime — Mel insist that it ’s all about the word with Mav .
" It does n’t count the tone of vocalization I use — I can say it as blandly as possible and he ’ll still get unrestrained and sprint off , " she says .
One thing ’s for sure : Even if Mav has murder on the mind , we ’re still belong to watch his TikToks to get our fix of the cutest lil ' slaying baby around . ( Just perchance keep him away fromthe Arconia . )
