One of the reasons people adore their canine pals so much is because of how easy it is to assign human traits to dogs. There have been extensive studies on whether or not dogs experience emotions such as empathy, love, loyalty, resentment, envy, and so on and so forth. But anyone who has ever owned a dog could probably tell you as much just based on personal experience.
On the other side of the coin, humans also love to anthropomorphize their pooches—which is also fine! Yes, a Labrador retriever may not have consciously adopted nine ducklings, but what does it hurt to say he did? Just like we’re not sure what went through another dog’s head that succeeded in breaking up a fight between two cats.
Likewise, we can’t know what this Australian Shepherd named Chamiso in this video posted to Twitter really was “straight chillin'”—but the evidence does kind of speak for itself.
i felt like sharing this video of my dog straight chillin pic.twitter.com/7PbHb5vExW
— very rare gus (@capnsaveahood) August 25, 2018
With over 300,000 retweets, the consensus seems to be that Chamiso is indeed, a pretty chill AF dog.
https://twitter.com/xxnaveenxx97/status/1033942452321673218
I’ll have what he’s havin https://t.co/ikZ7mR79xP
— Read Southall BAND (@ReadSouthall) August 27, 2018
That boy fried https://t.co/NpO6PCaZaf
— #LockedIn3 OUT NOW! (@bigneph_) August 27, 2018
https://twitter.com/tmiichellle/status/1033509725856518146
This is me ignoring all my responsibilities that I should be doing https://t.co/ju94sklRCN
— Cassandra (@casshrndz) August 28, 2018
After the edible kicks in and you feeling the music https://t.co/Yz26RTY9K0
— El Oso Mañoso (@El_OsoBarbon) August 27, 2018
11/10 would chill with https://t.co/VR0iIIEiiy
— z (@zacharydyke) August 26, 2018
The dog’s owner, @capnsaveahood also shared a sweet backstory about Chamiso and his “boo” Chamisa that should warm even the chilliest (no pun intended) of hearts.
https://twitter.com/capnsaveahood/status/1033426713680592896
glad to hear that chamiso has lifted some of your guys’ mood. whatever y’all are going through, everything will be okay. you’re strong enough. bless up kings, queens, and doggos
— very rare gus (@capnsaveahood) August 25, 2018
let me tell y’all the story of chamiso and chamisa rq
— very rare gus (@capnsaveahood) August 25, 2018
my dad bought a ranch a few years ago for our company. it was a fixer upper and we had to renovate many things. the previous owners had not taken care of any of the houses and the whole ranch for that matter. and they definitely didnt take care of their dogs
— very rare gus (@capnsaveahood) August 25, 2018
chamiso and chamisa were skinny and aggressive. they were visibly abused and neglected. they would spend their time hiding from us. but at any give chance they’d bark try to bite.
— very rare gus (@capnsaveahood) August 25, 2018
my family started giving them food. I don’t think they’d ever eaten store bought food. they would eat it quickly but still wouldn’t go near us.
— very rare gus (@capnsaveahood) August 25, 2018
little by little, they warmed up to us. it started with them just hanging out around us. and then they’d be at our feet. and pretty soon in our arms. to this day they are the best guard dogs ever. the most humble and appreciative dogs I have ever seen.
— very rare gus (@capnsaveahood) August 25, 2018
https://twitter.com/capnsaveahood/status/1033493599793508352
We truly do not deserve dogs.