Dog mirrors injured owner's limp in viral Facebook video: 'Love him'
Quick clip has gone viral with nearly 30,000 shares
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}It was quite a limp-ression.
An empathetic UK pooch melted hearts online after imitating his injured owner’s limp in an apparent show of solidarity.
"Nothing wrong, just sympathy," wrote Russell Jones alongside a Facebook video of the heartwarming display, which currently boasts 27,000 shares.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Indeed, the 12-second clip shows the London resident walking on crutches with a bandaged leg while his dog Bill hops alongside him with his paw raised.
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Initially thinking something was awry, Jones wrote that he spent more than $400 in "vet fees and X-rays," only to discover that his pet was lurching in commiseration. Needless to say, the compassionate pantomime elicited an outpouring of support on Facebook.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}"Awhhh no way! That’s the cutest thing ever," fawned one commenter over Bill’s apparent paw-lidarity display.
"I have watched this so many times! Bless him," gushed another.
Needless to say, the compassionate pantomime elicited an outpouring of support on Facebook. (Delil Souleiman / AFP via Getty Images)
However, others felt that Jones was unfairly anthropomorphizing a pet that was clearly injured.
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"[You] should change your vet!’ said one skeptic of Bill’s gait. "Obviously something wrong."
Cinical animal behaviorist Rosie Bescoby seconded their sentiment.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}"I would have suggested the owner seek a second opinion from another vet," she told the Daily Mail, "and there are plenty of things that would not show up on an X-ray that can cause this, even as small as a thorn in the foot."
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So don’t lump dogs in with kids shaving their heads to support a cancer-ridden friend just yet. This isn’t the first time canines have exhibited a propensity for impersonation. Coyotes have been known to feign injury to guilt tourists into giving them food while, in a more hilarious incident, a dog "short-shamed" his stumpy corgi pal by "army-crawling" behind him on the ground. Although some suspect that he might’ve actually been rubbing his private parts on the rug.
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