The clip, shared by the TikTok user Noodle the Mini Sausage (@noodletheminisausage), was posted with a message overlaid on the video that read: “pov [point of view] when your dog’s favorite thing is having showers.”
The video, which has not been independently verified by Newsweek, shows the dog moving its head around under a constant stream of water in what appears to be a sink or bathtub. The dachshund is seen positioning its face directly against the flow of the water, with its eyes closed and its tongue occasionally sticking out.
So why do some dogs love water? Some are bred to work in it, in tasks ranging from retrieving game to hunting and rescuing. For water dogs, swimming is just part of their natural activities.
But not all dogs are born for the water, including ones with short legs (such as dachshunds). They “will find the effort of swimming really hard work,” says the People’s Dispensary for Sick Animals (PDSA), a U.K.-based charity.
The American Kennel Club (AKC), the world’s largest purebred dog registry, says that “dachshunds aren’t built for distance running, leaping, or strenuous swimming.”
But these “smart and vigilant” dogs with “a big-dog bark” are “bred to be an independent hunter of dangerous prey,” the AKC says.
The PDSA says that being in the water can be “especially good for dogs with stiff or painful joints” and also helps the animals cool down in hot weather conditions.
Among other dogs that love water and are born to swim are the following, according to the AKC:
American water spanielSpanish water dogStandard poodleLabrador retrieverBarbetOtterhoundNewfoundlandEnglish setter
The dachshund in the viral video has delighted users on TikTok.
In a comment that got 47,500 likes, Pearl the Golden Girl said: “The fact that he is relishing it. Pearl [another dog on TikTok] would simply bite the water [crying, laughing face emoji].”
In a comment that got 45,100 likes, user ccfhbnn simply said: “Being blessed.”
User balls wrote “feel the rain on your skin” in a comment that got 35,000 likes.
User valuebeansoup said: “I wish my dog would enjoy the water he acts like it’s acid,” in a comment that got 20,100 likes.
Newsweek has contacted the original poster for comment.
