Hysterics at Dog's Reaction to Foster Owner's Pup—'Is He Always Like This?'

A video of a dog's unusual reaction to meeting his owner's foster pup has sparked a storm of laughter on TikTok.

The hilarious moment was captured in footage posted by @itsnachodog0. The clip has amassed more than 1.8 million views since it was shared on December 24.

A note overlaid on the video reads: "POV [point of view]: your foster dog meets your dog for the first time and he does this."

The footage shows a dog sitting on a floor in a living room setting, with its head turned backward, staring blankly up at the camera. Another pup in the background is shown frantically jumping around on a sofa while rubbing its paws against a blanket. A caption shared with the post reads: "The way she's looking at me like 'Is he always like this? I have to stay with you? Help.'"

Newsweek has contacted the original poster for comment via TikTok and email. This video has not been independently verified.

While the meeting of the two dogs may have had a strange start, the canine pair do have the potential to form a close relationship.

A March 2019 study published in Scientific Reports found that "dogs can form relationships of comparable qualities with both humans and other dogs, and that these relationships vary along multiple components across different partners."

Stanley Coren is a professor emeritus in the department of psychology at the University of British Columbia, Canada, and the author of several books about dogs.

In a February 2013 article for Psychology Today, Coren noted that, "although dogs are happiest when they are in a social situation, the species that they are interacting with is less important than the quality of the interactions."

Coren added: "Dogs that have been properly socialized will congenially approach virtually anything that is alive, regardless of its species, and, unless they receive hostile signals, they will attempt to establish a good-natured relationship."

'This Isn't What I Signed Up For'

Viewers on TikTok were in stitches over the comical meeting in the viral clip, with several sharing insight on what the foster pup must have been thinking.

User @coffee_.cow5 said the foster dog was asking, "What's wrong with him?" and the unknown added: "You didn't say he was … CRAZY."

Nicki posted: "She's thinking 'You can take me back now, this isn't what I signed up for.'"

Destinee commented that the dog must have been wondering, "So is this going to be an everyday thing or just for first day guests."

Khalia Iman wrote: "She's like I don't wanna make eye contact he may come over here lol [laugh out loud]."

PurpleDinosSoar posted: "Her side eye back to him every few seconds like 'is this for real? Can we maybe not?'"

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