My Dogs Faked Sick to Stop Me from Crying! 🐶💔😂
It had been a rough day. One of those days where everything seems to go wrong—missed deadlines, a flat tire, and a text that broke my heart a little. I came home, dropped onto the couch, and did what any emotionally overwhelmed person would do: I started crying.
Enter: Roo and Teddy, my two Golden Retrievers—and professional emotional support comedians.
At first, they just sat beside me, placing their warm heads on my lap like the sweet dogs they are. I sniffled, hugged them, and thought, Wow, dogs really are the best. But then things got… weird.
Teddy suddenly let out this dramatic whine and flopped onto his side like he’d been mortally wounded. Roo followed up by coughing—yes, coughing—and limping slightly around the living room like she’d just pulled a hamstring.
Panic kicked in. “Oh no! What’s wrong with you guys?!”
I jumped up, tears forgotten, and immediately started inspecting them—checking paws, feeling bellies, calling their names. Roo looked at me with the most exaggerated puppy-dog eyes and let out the faintest whimper… then winked.
That’s when I knew.
They were faking it.
Teddy suddenly rolled over and grabbed his ball, tail wagging, clearly fine. Roo stopped limping the moment I offered a treat. I sat back on the floor, half crying, half laughing, surrounded by two furry goofballs who had just staged an emotional rescue operation.
They had successfully pulled off a distraction heist to stop me from crying.
And guess what? It worked.
Within minutes, I was on the ground giggling, being smothered by wet noses and tail wags. My sadness? Still there… but suddenly so much smaller.
So yeah, my dogs faked being sick. But not for attention. For me.
