Guard dog chewing stick suddenly realises he has a job to do. Watch
“In all fairness to the good boy, stick!” wrote a Reddit user while reacting to a video of a guard dog.
A video capturing a dog’s sudden realisation that he has a job to do was shared on Reddit. The video shows how the doggo abruptly stops chewing a stick after it remembers that it has a herd to guard.

“Here is my herding dog, who takes some time before realising there is a herd behind him,” reads the caption posted along with the video. The clip opens to show the dog lying on the ground with a stick in front of him. He goes on to relax and chew the stick without a care in the world. After a few moments, the dog suddenly realises that there is a herd behind him that he is supposed to guard. And, the way the pooch reacts will leave you in splits.
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The video was posted some three days ago. Since being shared, the clip has received close to 15,000 upvotes. It has also accumulated tons of comments from people.
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“Oh no, was I working today,” posted a Reddit user, imagining the dog’s thoughts. “Sam, lunch break is over. Get back to work or your pay is docked,” joked another. “Naw I get it, herding is cool and all but can we please just acknowledge how great that stick is?” joined a third.
“In all fairness to the good boy, stick!” added a fourth. “That slow realisation ‘I should probably be down there shouldn’t I?” Cute,” expressed a fifth. To which, the original poster wrote, “The way he just drops the stick in shock.”