Smart, obedient, and hardworking – these are the words that best describe Border Collies. These qualities make them ideal herders and all-around helpers at farms. But one pooch took things to a whole new level when his human asked him to look over some sheep.
Keep reading to find out what this beautiful dog did.
The stealthy farm pooch
A woman named Lucy Jones uploaded a short video to TikTok that documented the antic of her herding dog. You could see the pup wrapped in sheared wool, which made him look like the rest of the sheep he was taking care of. This Border Collie probably thought that he needed to become sheep to understand them much better.
In the background, you could hear someone speaking in a convincing tone that nobody was going to know what the sheep was up to. The camera then zoomed in on the dog’s face. He looked back at the sheep who were staring at him, probably hoping that his racket wouldn’t be busted. Nevertheless, the sheep obviously tried to figure out if the dog was really one of them.
The netizens chimed in
The unnamed Border Collie’s video became viral online, garnering more than three million views and over 280K likes. It also had more than 8K comments, a lot of which were obviously funny.
One commenter used a popular metaphor to describe the sheepdog’s shenanigan. He said that the dog was actually a wolf in sheep’s clothing. A second TikTok user said that dog was not sure if he should herd himself. A third netizen exclaimed that the dog’s racket was absolutely hysterical, even thanking the uploader for sharing the video.
One commenter noticed that the sheep were scared to go near the dog. Another observed that the sheep probably knew that the dog wasn’t one of them since he wasn’t wearing an ear tag.
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Source: @lucyj84 via TikTok