Family Pretends Their House Has Gone Missing — Dog’s Reaction Is Priceless

Dogs, science tells us, have an extraordinary sense of smell and spatial awareness. They know where home is. What they do not have is the ability to understand why their humans are acting like absolute idiots about it. The Johnson family of Denver discovered this last weekend, and the video of their golden retriever Biscuit desperately trying to herd his confused family back toward their obviously-visible home has become the most-shared pet video of the month.

The Setup

The family parked their car exactly one block from their house, walked to the corner, and then began looking around in theatrical confusion — pointing in wrong directions, checking their phones, shrugging at each other. Biscuit’s reaction unfolds in stages that are almost medically precise in their accuracy: Stage 1 (0-30 seconds): Biscuit watches his family’s strange behavior with mild concern. Stage 2 (30-60 seconds): Biscuit looks at the house (clearly visible from where they’re standing), looks at the family, looks at the house again. Stage 3 (60-90 seconds): Biscuit begins physically nudging family members in the direction of the house with his nose. Stage 4 (90+ seconds): Biscuit gives up on nudging, grabs his dad’s sleeve, and physically drags him toward the house.

What Biscuit’s Eyes Said

“You can see the exact moment he decides we’re completely hopeless,” the family wrote in their post caption. “He looked at us the way you look at someone who’s been searching for their glasses for 10 minutes and the glasses are on their face.” 30 million people agreed.