The owner from New York started filming her dog in the yard, expecting nothing more than a few seconds of playful rolling in the grass.
He seemed calm, enjoying himself in the way dogs often do, stretching out and kicking his paws into the ground.
For a while, everything looked ordinary. She kept the camera steady, thinking it would be a cute little memory to keep, nothing more.
Then, in the middle of that carefree play, something shifted. A small detail changed the scene in a way she did not expect.
By the time it ended, the video had captured a moment far different than the one she thought she was recording.
A Magic Trick?
It was an ordinary day for a woman named Riss, who was just hanging out with her dog, McGregor, in the yard.
She decided to record her dog rolling in the grass because she thought it would make for a wholesome moment she could later post online.
Then, out of the blue, Riss realized that McGregor, who had a leash on him, somehow got off it by rolling in the grass. How did he do this? No clue, but he did it.
It took a second for the dog to realize that the leash was no longer on him, but when he did, he simply started sprinting across the yard.
He left his owner baffled by what he had just done. Did he learn to do this before, or was this the first time? There were so many questions.
Nevertheless, when the dog got tired, he just went back to his spot, but the mystery still remained. Will he do this again? We may never know.
Funny Responses Online
Considering that this New York owner recorded all of this, it should come as no surprise that she decided to upload it to TikTok, so that the rest of the world could witness her escape-artist dog.
One person commented: “They do this as if they don’t have a loving home, why are you running as if i don’t spoil you enough.”
My dog did this same thing any time he was off-leash. I think he just needed to get rid of all that energy. That’s basically it.
Another person said: “You cannot convince me that he didn’t know what he was doing, as a dog owner myself you can’t underestimate their intelligence.”
I also suspect that his rolling in the grass was some kind of a scheme to get out of the leash, but it’s impossible to prove it.
Lastly, somebody commented: “He waited until you got comfortable with your sandals off.”
Yeah, it’s like he knew that his mom wouldn’t go after him, so he took the chance to run in the yard. Luckily, he didn’t wander off too far.
If this story can show us anything, it’s that dogs can be either very clever or deceptive; we just have to figure out which. In the case of McGregor, it might be a bit of both.