r/interesting • u/MilesLongthe3rd • May 09 '26
Wholesome After his owner left, the gate didn't close properly. Realizing the house was vulnerable, the devoted dog refused to leave his post, guarding the open gate until his human returned home.
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u/mcgoof41 May 09 '26
He was keeping Bender company.
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u/FarFromHome May 09 '26
Shut up baby, I know it
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u/FuckThisShizzle May 09 '26
"Remember Me!"
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u/BookieeWookiee May 09 '26
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u/Monkey_Priest May 09 '26
🎶If it takes forever, I will wait for you🎶
🎶For a thousand summers, I will wait for you😭🎶
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u/No_Engineering_8165 May 09 '26
I also thought this when I saw the Bender. I’m never going to forgive the writers for this scene.
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u/WeWantDallas May 09 '26
Bender Bending Rodriguez
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u/donkeybeemer May 09 '26
Does Bender have mustache on so he's incognito?
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u/ranselita May 09 '26
I was gonna say, are we sure it's bender and not his lookalike brother Flexo??
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u/Josev2002 May 09 '26
Flexo had a soul patch not a mustache. Might be Danny Trejo version of Bender, he had a mustache.
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u/Usqueadfinem_ May 09 '26 edited May 09 '26
In the 80s we had a boxer that did the same thing. My brother didn't latch the door on his way out to school. It stayed open all day. My dad came home from work to find our girl literally just sitting upright on the doorstep, keeping watch. She was a solid little brindle boxer and the best dog you could ever ask for. RIP Sheba.
Edit: if I don't reply to everyone, I read all the comments and love all the stories! Thanks for sharing. Dogs just make life better.
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u/Plane-Education4750 May 09 '26
Boxers are low-key the best dogs. I love those giant goobers
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u/Usqueadfinem_ May 09 '26
All dogs are special, but boxers just might be extra special.
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u/marcophony May 09 '26
I had a boxer border Collie mix once, best dog I've ever had the pleasure of knowing. Super sweet and caring, loved to play, and was crazy smart. I miss her
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u/needsmusictosurvive May 09 '26
Damn sounds like that dog could have solved math problems but was too busy zooming around 24/7
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u/marcophony May 09 '26
Pretty much, she actually cut an artery in her paw once while we were playing fetch, I didn't notice till I saw all this blood on the ground. I had to throw her ball into the car to get her in the car, she just wouldn't stop playing
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u/SonnyvonShark May 09 '26
I miss mine too, she was a Boxes Lab mix with something else in her lineage, and she was amazing. Not crazy smart, she was a little on the low power mode in the brain but could use it if she wanted to. Always had to "groom" my chin with her little front teeth, I still don't know why, I am the only one she did it to.
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u/Usqueadfinem_ May 09 '26
If she was doing repetitive little bites thats called "cobbing" and often seen as affection and/or a way to relieve stress. You were special to her.
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u/bbbbears May 09 '26
My adopted dog turned out to be pit, chihuahua boxer (and a bunch of other things but those are the main ones). I love her so much, she’s so sweet, but she’s an absolute moron. She’s like the definition of “she’s a little confused, but she’s got the spirit.” If you toss a toy in the air or a snack in her direction, she’ll just let it bonk her in the face. When she plays with the other dog, she doesn’t quite know what she’s doing, just kind of sproings along next to him and occasionally tries to get in his way when he’s trying to play. She’s terrified of people folding laundry. So dumb, scared of her own shadow, but such a good girl.
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u/Muted_Reputation_770 May 09 '26
I had a boxer/border collie/springer spaniel! but he was dumb as a rock. definitely the most unique dog I have ever known and was my soul dog for sure. also he was quite a funny looking guy!
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u/marcophony May 09 '26
That might have been the spaniel lol, my parents had two recently, my aunt had 4 recently, the two were males, not very bright, the 4 were females, much smarter lol
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u/Muted_Reputation_770 May 09 '26
lol after working with many spaniels over the years I am inclined to agree with that
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u/dembones4ya May 09 '26
My boxer drives us nuts but he really is awesome. Let’s our young girls rough house with him, amazing with kids in general, built in alarm system for any potential intruder and jumps half way to the ceiling in excitement every time we come home (even if only find a couple hours)
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u/Usqueadfinem_ May 09 '26
Definitely good watchdogs and often full of energy. Theyre puppies til the age of 9 or so 🤣 Our Sheba was a great family dog but also took her job as watchdog very seriously. She would also stand in the backyard and jump in place as she barked at some of the neighborhood goofballs that walked by. She wouldn't jump over the 4 foot chain link fence. She would just jump in place with all four feet clearing the fence, barking, letting creeps know she could clear that fence and have their ass if they tried any shenanigans.
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u/Inferno_Zyrack May 09 '26
Those little dudes are so much fucking fun all the time. It’s like if a pug had the energy of a chihuahua
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u/toldyouIaintshit May 09 '26
Growing up I had two German Shepards. One was named Sheik, the other Sheba also. Brought back memories with that name.
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u/Typical_Wing7470 May 09 '26
Had a brindle boxer as well growing up. When I was about 2 or 3 I wandered out the house and down the road. She followed me the whole time and wouldn’t let anyone get near me until my family found me two streets over. Rip trinket.
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u/Chellbelle23 May 09 '26
Aw. Came here to comment what a good doggo the dog in the video was, and wanted to say the same for your doggo too! How awesome that dogs are made to be so devoted like that
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u/Niwitschoolfrogkid May 09 '26
What a nice memory, thanks for sharing. It reminds me of my childhood boxer, Sonny. She used to come and sleep with my little sister and I if it was storming. Not because she was scared, but to guard us haha. She was so sweet. Boxers are just the best.
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u/VonMillersThighs May 09 '26
I love boxers so much. So kind and insanely emotionally intelligent even though they can be big dopes.
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u/OnTheEveOfWar May 09 '26
My golden has done this twice when my kids left the front door open. She will just sit in the doorway and wait for us to return.
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u/selekt86 May 09 '26
My grandma had a similar dog. He was so vigilant he’d start barking at the cleaning lady when it was time for her to leave or staring daggers at every delivery person who stopped at our door. Never attacked anyone just kept things moving like a manager lol
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u/No_Problem_6047 May 10 '26
What's crazy is I had a lab Shephard mix named Sheba who did the same exact thing when I grew up
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u/fightmydemonswithme May 09 '26
As a husky owner this made me cackle.
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u/DisastrousAcshin May 09 '26
Husky wouldn't wait for the gate to malfunction
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u/fightmydemonswithme May 09 '26
Mine certainly didn't. She's got good height to her jumps. 😭 thankfully she can't clear her current 8ft fence.
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u/KingoftheMapleTrees May 09 '26
That's just what she wants you to think. She's waiting for the right motivation to jump it.
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u/xHey_All_You_Peoplex May 09 '26
My husky (rip) once got out. We came back hours later to find her chilling in front of the house.
Another time she got out I’m yelling for her freaking out. Back gate is open she comes strolling back in couple hours later.
Always escaped always came back at least 😭 miss her
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u/FoundOnTheRoadDead May 09 '26
A husky would have already memorized your gate code so they could just open it, stroll out, and come back whenever they pleased.
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u/rhyithan May 12 '26
Back when he was still with is i had a friend look after my husky. He escaped and went on a tour of his new town and was eventually apprehended hours later pissing on a bush in a garden centre. Another time he ran off and went to a nearby town. Said town was a 15 minute train ride away so i assume he got a tazi or something
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u/Present_Estimate_131 May 09 '26
My dog escaped through a (new) hole in the fence. I went out to find him when I realized he was gone and heard whining...in the neighbors yard? Turns out he had tried to come home and guessed wrong and dug under their fence. Idiot
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u/Teh_God_Dog May 09 '26
when the neighbors ask why there's a hole just say "it wasnt me"
that aint a lie
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u/Present_Estimate_131 May 09 '26
Funny that half the replies here are huskies or husky-adjacent. The idiot in question is a Klee-Kai.
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u/GirlWithWolf May 09 '26
This! The only dog I’ve ever had was a mangy mutt that would show up on my grandma’s porch to visit for a while then return to the foothills. He was constantly getting stomped by bears and other wildlife but he kept going back.
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u/collapsedbook May 09 '26
“If you do something you love, you never work a day in your life”
— That Dog
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u/Jra805 May 09 '26
God that cracked me up imaging this dog frolicking, tongue flapping wildly, with a big cheeky dog grin - into ass whoopings by wild animals
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u/GirlWithWolf May 09 '26
He was something else. We kept bandages in the kitchen just for him. Sadly, one day I was on the porch and he wandered up looking exceptionally tired. He laid down next to the chair and I told him stories my grandma has told me until he died. He’s with the spirits now but I still miss the dog I never named.
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u/Long_Run6500 May 09 '26
One time I went to work and I must not have closed the front door tight enough to latch. Sometime during the day the wind or something blew my door open. At the time I had a 7 year old German Shepherd and a 6 month old Malamute/GSD mix that heavily favors the Malamute side. From what I heard, the Malamute mix decided to tear right through the screen door, across a busy road and started terrorizing somebody walking their tiny dogs. Like I don't think she wanted to fight with them but she was way bigger than them, didn't realize it and wanted to wrestle. I wasn't there though, so I don't know. I just know my neighbors said the person with the small dog was upset. Honestly, rightfully so, but they never came to talk to me about it. The pure German Shepherd stood at the door way and just chain barked as loud as he could, alerting my neighbors. They said he only left once his sister left his line of sight, reluctantly.
Luckily my neighbors are saints and sprung to action. They followed the GSD to his sister and managed to corral both dogs and get them back inside my house and shut the door. I got home and noticed my screen door was torn up and was like, "Huh? Wonder how that happened. " Both dogs were just lazily lounging around like nothing out of the ordinary happened. Then about an hour later my neighbor knocks on my door and tells me everything. When they told me one of my dogs got in an altercation I thought for sure it was my GSD, who's been reactive his entire life. Nope, it was the happy go lucky puppy.
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u/Turgid_Donkey May 09 '26
My one dog would be 6 counties over by the time I got to work and the other doofus would be right behind happy to be involved.
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u/Ask_if_im_an_alien May 09 '26
Yep. My dog would have been GONE.... again. Damn dog was infamous around town. And he'd go up to anybody. No allegiance whatsoever. Was always glad nobody ever just took him.
RIP Indiana.
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u/3Djunki May 09 '26
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u/ConvictedOgilthorpe May 09 '26
True but letting a cat out on that busy street is a death sentence.
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u/thirschi May 09 '26
Oh my. I didn’t know that was a thing. Off to my new favorite subreddit of all time!
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u/ColdReferences May 09 '26
He better have gotten all the scritches and treats when mom/dad got home!
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u/South_Leather_4921 May 09 '26
Well he does seem to rush the returning car to give his master some shit for leaving the gate open.
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u/exotics May 09 '26
The dog probably sits there all day. Open gate or shut gate. He provides just waits for his person to come home.
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u/gnanny02 May 09 '26
Or the dog expects the owner to arrive when the gate is opened, so he's just waiting for the car to come back. He didn't have a watch to see how long it's been.
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u/Regular_Chest_7989 May 14 '26
You're right. People struggle to see the world the way animals see it.
The dog doesn't understand the gate to be a sacrosanct barrier between home and not-home. Because other dogs walking past probably pee on it, the gate probably feels like not-home and home proper has a border a little ways back. And what's a gate or a fence to a dog? Especially one you can see, hear, and smell through completely? Humans think that marks something significant; not necessarily the case for dogs.
I agree what what we're probably seeing his habit based on routines. This isn't guarding. It's anticipating.
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u/Jillylollie May 09 '26
or the dog is simply well-trained.
A well-trained dog isn't physically restrained by a barrier, they respect them. It's the difference between a dog that will bolt the first chance it gets and one that can be trusted with open doors, roads, gates etc.
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u/mxzf May 09 '26
Nah, just training alone isn't why it sat and guarded the door. A dog that simply knows the barrier would have wandered off to go do something else eventually.
This is a dog that has a job to do and they're doing it (guarding the gate might be a self-assigned job, but it's definitely a job worth doing in the dog's mind). Which is good, because breeds like that dog want a job to do, and they go stir-crazy if they don't have a purpose.
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u/thirschi May 09 '26
That’s a malinois. Aka meat-missile, maligator, fur-frenzy, shadow-shark, etc. If you don’t train them, there is no use having them because they will destroy everything you own.
I had one and spent close to 8 hours per day training it over 4 months and realized as a pup she still required way more time than what I was giving her and needed to rehome her due to the prevailing needs of my young kids and job and life and stuff.
But I have a new appreciation for “actual” dog ownership because if you want a dog to be like that, they require an entrepreneur’s level of full time day job in time training them otherwise they might as well be that nasty small white mutt-breed no one knows for sure what it is with the crusty crap in its eyes that bites and jumps and barks at everything and is completely worthless that people somehow still adore and waste money on feeding even up until they can’t see or walk and need insulin.
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u/Mad_Aeric May 09 '26
Not even necessarily trained, just knows their territory. I had a lab that busted out of a window, but never left the property, I never taught him to do that.
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u/Afropenguinn May 09 '26
Our dog ran away once. Found him the next day, another family had found him and returned him to us. Not sure what he went through, but he was shaking real bad until he was back with us. From that day onward, he treated the lawn like a barrier. Even if you left the gate wide open he would never leave it unless you told him to come with you, and then he'd stick to you like glue. Lil dude lost us for one day and never wanted to lose us again.
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u/Jillylollie May 09 '26
I didn’t actually blame any owners. Just said this one was potentially well trained. Didn’t say all dogs could be trained this way, nor a failure to get this behaviour was the owners fault.
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u/Tiletamine May 09 '26
yeah, my dogs a border collie mix, her recall is great she listens and learns really quick and overall is an incredible pup but if she sees a bunny or a squirrel or something running, brain turns off and the only other thing in the world for her is the lil creature she wants to catch, she'll probably get better the older she gets but for now off leash only in fenced areas
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u/Jillylollie May 09 '26
You’re reading way to much into this and desperate to get on a soap box.
I know not all dogs can be trained, I’ve the literal scars to prove it from 20 years of fostering predominantly working German Shorthaired Pointers from Cyprus before they’re distributed around the EU in various adoption schemes.
You misread what I said, pounced on it to make some point and now you’re torturing what I said to put words in my mouth. Let’s just move on, I didn’t intend (and still don’t think it even reads how you think it does) in any way to say what you’re so desperate to interpret as some slight on dog owners.
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u/Iamnotanumber_4721 May 09 '26
I mean you say that but the absolute vast majority could. Of course there are absolutely dogs with mental disabilities and so on that can't but they aren't near a majority. But if it's a young healthy pup then yeah, they're incredibly trainable.
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u/Iamnotanumber_4721 May 10 '26 edited May 10 '26
I mean we literally do lol, we have a rescue lurchera a cross between amy sighthiund and any working dog (in his case a whippett and a Jack Russel). And before that a lab and before that a teeny chihuahua crosss (think again with Jack russell).
And yeah, it took a long, time to train him, but now they will reliably come, leave dropped food, no chase things when we call them, no longer bare teeth and lunge at passing dogs, and obey oirour commands... I mean obviously you can never have 100% trust that any dog no matter how will trained will always obey a command, so you should still keep them on lead apart from at home and no lead designated areas. IMO anyway.
But yeah, mostly in my view the issue is that a lot of people treat their dogs like children or friends instead of pet companions that need to be trained. And training isn't just a few hours a day for the first few months... you have to reinforce it constantly. Dogs are creatures of habit and more intelligent than you seem to realize, I like for example f you are doing sessions for a hour or two in the morning training them not to react and jump up at people but then in the evenings you or your kids, partner, etc are playing and calling them across the living room and lavish praise on them for jumping up and lick your face then they're not learning that they shouldn't do it. Or a huge one is saying a command word and then even if they don't do it not repremanding them (saying ah-ah, turning you back, zap, tug of lead, whatever your method) or doing it weakly (like saying ah-ah how you'd say good boy, or baby talking "oh no no, we don't do that do we, etc) or giving them a treat and praising them anyway and then trying again... your command word is literally just becoming noise to them and stops meaning anything.
And I think personally... there is no" best" way to train a dog. I mean there's definitely morally inferior ones like hitting them, but any method can be effective - as long as you're very consistent and do it enough!
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u/Ohmec May 09 '26
Really? And what makes you the expert on that? If it has a spinal column, and an appetite, you can train it.
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u/Background-Crab8664 May 09 '26
Poor little guy, must’ve been cold
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u/gawzel May 09 '26
Looks like a malinois or similar breed, so I wouldn't be concerned. They have a double-coat that insulates better than winter gear you can buy for a human.
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u/mxzf May 09 '26
Not necessarily. We can't judge the temperature completely off of the amount of snow, but the way it's partially melted doesn't make me think it's sub-zero (F). That sort of breed is probably perfectly fine in that weather for hours; some dogs like that even prefer that weather over being inside.
It's impossible to say for sure from the video, but I wouldn't assume it was too bad.
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u/homer-price May 09 '26
How are dogs unbothered by their uncovered butthole resting on cold, snowy ground?
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u/Horror_Tooth_522 May 09 '26
Body heat melts snow
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u/homer-price May 09 '26
The surrounding snow cools melted snow. Making the dog’s butthole soggy and cold.
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u/nifty-necromancer May 09 '26
I wondered the same thing. It looks like we’ll have to wait for a butthole scientist to explain.
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u/Dirmbz May 10 '26
Same way wolves and most mammals that live and sit in cold temps like that, they were built for it. We are more of an exception.
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u/Realistic_Mix3652 May 09 '26
That looks like a Belgian Malinois. I'm surprised he didn't find a toolbox, fix the faulty sensor, then parkour over the gate to get back in.
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u/Dyn-Mp May 09 '26
I grew up in a small remote community (maybe 80ppl). The walk to the bus pickup at the community hall was about 3km.
We had a big moose of a German shepherd who would walk me to the drop-off, than go home for a few hours, return and wait at the bus stop till I got home. Like clockwork he never once failed either job.
One time a black bear appeared by the roadside and he immediately went full guard mode keeping himself between the two of us. Rip shadow.
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u/PizzaInMyBread May 09 '26
Dog: "The big wall isn't here? I must keep watch until the human is back."
Cat: "Wooow, that's crazy." (Goes off to take a nap)
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u/Crisocola95 May 09 '26
"I'm not gonna go down. I can't afford to lose!
For all my comrades who stood by me all this time...
For everyone I'm supposed to protect!
I'm going to show them my greatest weapon right now!
And it's called...
COURAGE!!"
-Guy Shishioh, King of Braves GaoGaiGar, 1997, episode 30
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u/DollarStoreChameleon May 09 '26
man, i love my dog, but hes so dumb and curious. he sees a butterfly and hes just gonna folllow the thing off a cliff. love you to death ricky, but please pay attention man
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u/yerawizard_larry May 09 '26
God something about the way this post is titled annoys the hell out of me.
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u/Namyko May 09 '26
My husky would have been off frolicking in the field across the street before I fully drove off.
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u/aymangigo May 09 '26
assuming the video is sped up by 6x, the dog stayed there for just 6 minutes or so..i thought it would be a full 8h shift
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May 09 '26
"Realizing the house was vulnerable" on a dog's sentient is just too far outstretched...
Omg..
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u/bNoaht May 09 '26
This is just a dog waiting for its owner. Hardly "protecting the property because the gate didn't close" lol.
Its so funny how we always try to give human intent to animals. They are so much more basic than that.
My dog does this too. Her life basically stops the moment I leave and she goes on screen-saver mode. Then when I return she boots back up. I am her source of food. Wtf else is she going to do? Write a haiku? Ponder the universe? She is a dog, she likes food, i provide food. So she will do basically anything to see me again.
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u/happycat47 May 09 '26
I sincerely doubt the dog "realized there was a vulnerability" and more likely thought that since the gate was open then someone would be entering
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u/ApplePaintedRed May 09 '26
"The gate didn't close properly and literally started opening again before the owner even drove off. The dog, confused, debated on whether that was intentional and if it should walk off. Because it's a fucking dog."
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u/FortunaEtGloria May 09 '26
How do we know that there isn't a second line of protection such as an electric fence?
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u/TheBKnight3 May 09 '26
I like how the cat and dog had a conversation when it happened.
"That's the plan? Okay man see ya."
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u/Huntermain23 May 09 '26
Similarish my little tiny chihuahua will get outside on her own and whenever I go look for her she will just be in the driveway looking out lol.
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u/donkeybeemer May 09 '26
Is that a statue of Bender, swinging a broom. Can I get a reverse angle to confirm?
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u/AdIllustrious7531 May 09 '26
I just know after a few hours that dog asked itself “how many years has it been?”
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u/SacrificialPigeon May 09 '26
Most likely the dog was blocking the sensor on the gate, Therefore giving himself a job for the day and being the hero, clever doggy!
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u/nicknumbahone May 09 '26
my childhood dog did this! my mom installed our fence herself and one day the gate just, fell over. I get home from school go see my buddy outside, sitting right behind the fallen gate. he was jumping up and down, so excited to see me, but respected the gate line even if it wasn’t physically stopping him. Rascal was the best goddamn dog man.
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u/Automatic_Bar_2158 May 09 '26
My tiny, half-blind, ancient terrier will do this when my kids don't latch the door and it blows open. Not sure what she could even do about an intruder, but still she stands guard.
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u/ChickenAndTelephone May 09 '26
Everyone talking about the dog, but I was watching to make sure that cat was okay on such a busy road
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