Dog tries to give owner cold shoulder—until she sings her favorite song

A dog was determined to give her owner the cold shoulder—until she started singing her favorite song.

Kathie, 54, lives in Ohio with her four Australian shepherd dogs Rosie, Jazmine, Frankie and Johnathan Paw, adored pets who Kathie regularly posts on social media.

Rosie, now almost 11 years old, has had a favorite song since “since she was a puppy,” Kathie told Newsweek: the classic tune “You Are My Sunshine,” which makes Rosie happy every time she hears it.

A video shared to Kathie’s account @littlerunnergurl on March 18, viewed over 5 million times, has now shown this in action.

In words over the video, she wrote: “When Rosie was mad at me, but this is her song so her butt betrayed her pouting.”

As her owner gently calls out her name, Rosie gives her the side-eye but doesn’t respond.

But as Kathie starts singing, from the moment she croons “you are my sunshine,” Rosie’s tail starts wagging furiously, and the dog even twitches happily on the sofa.

The song continues, as does Rosie’s wagging—but she’s still giving that same side eye, and kicking her back legs, as though knowing her tail had betrayed her.

TikTok users loved it, awarding the video more than 640,000 likes, as one laughed: “I have never seen a dog so conflicted.”

“Don’t look at my tail! It does not speak for me,” another said, as one wrote: “Trying to kick a tail wag away is crazy.”

Plenty asked what Kathie had done to upset Rosie, to which Kathie responded: “I wouldn’t let her eat the baby bunny she found outside. I’m a monster!”

She explained to Newsweek that the video, which was taken a few years ago, took place after Rosie discovered a nest of wild rabbits outside, and Kathie found her with “a baby bunny in her mouth.”

“She didn’t harm it, she was just holding it in her mouth. I made her drop the poor bunny and told her we don’t eat our bunny friends,” Kathie said, at which point Rosie “came inside and pouted on the couch.”

Now an older dog, Rosie is showing signs of “doggy dementia,” also known as canine cognitive dysfunction syndrome, where an aging dog’s brain leads to changes in awareness and a decline in learning, memory and responsiveness to stimuli, according to PetMD.

Almost one in three dogs over the age of 11 show clinical signs of cognitive dysfunction syndrome, and by age 16 almost all dogs display at least one sign.

“She’ll forget who her siblings are, and become lost in the backyard,” Kathie told Newsweek.

“She will become scared and disoriented, but if I start singing her song to her, she instantly calms down and feels safe again.”

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