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.
https://twitter.com/capnsaveahood/status/1033202382098722817
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
— Southall (@ReadSouthall) August 27, 2018
https://twitter.com/bigneph_/status/1034147848185511936
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
https://twitter.com/zacharydyke/status/1033823072002949120
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
https://twitter.com/capnsaveahood/status/1033466443650629632
https://twitter.com/capnsaveahood/status/1033489962140721152
https://twitter.com/capnsaveahood/status/1033490981847425030
https://twitter.com/capnsaveahood/status/1033491477496643585
https://twitter.com/capnsaveahood/status/1033491843231543297
https://twitter.com/capnsaveahood/status/1033492466270269440
https://twitter.com/capnsaveahood/status/1033493599793508352
We truly do not deserve dogs.