Badger the dog has developed an affectionate mealtime ritual.
In each clip, the pooch patiently waits for a peck from Jha, before consuming his food.
“Pov: The dog you’re dog sitting only eats once he gets a forehead kiss,” reads the text on the video.
Jha, who lives with Badger’s owners and was watching him while they were away, toldStoryful,“When they got Badger he was sometimes having a hard time with people and strangers getting in his personal space and close to his face, so in order to make that go away his owners trained him to sit, wait, and get a kiss on his forehead before he ate dinner.”
Badger.Sagar Jha via Storyful
Sagar Jha via Storyful
Jha noted that the dog had previously “freaked out” when Jha got too close to his face, so it felt as though Badger “was simultaneously apologizing and trying to build trust.”
“I decided to surprise his owners when they got back … and make a little montage of his kisses so they could see he was being a good boy,” Jha added.
Badger getting a kiss.Sagar Jha via Storyful
“I used to be a pet sitter and if given these instructions I would have sobbed from the cute,” someone else wrote.
Others could relate to the video, describing their own pets’ similar eating habits.
“My dog does this too!!! He sits & waits, gives a kiss & then he eats his dinner,” someone shared.
Badger isn’t the only dog with a quirky dining preference.
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Zoey, a 14-year-old goldendoodle, delighted TikTok in January when her ownersposted a videodemonstrating that she’d only eat her kibble after they waved a (closed) bottle of ranch dressing over her bowl.
And in another video recently shared on the social media platform, a silver Weimaraner named Bleurefuses to eat dog fooduntil his owners pretend to use “gourmet” cooking techniques on it.
source: people.com
