Goldendoodle Grooves Along to Dad's Favorite R&B Music Like It's Totally His Jam

In French, the word for pet is “animal de compagnie” which means, literally, “companion animal.” And is that not the truest sense of the word pet? We keep pets for many reasons, from watch dogs to pest control, but the purest and noblest of these is the simple interspecies relationship between an animal and their human. Pets are our lifelong companions, a relationship strong, sometimes heartbreaking, and seemingly unique to the human experience. It’s a beautiful and profound thing.

And sometimes it’s as goofy as heck, as this Goldendoodle proves as he joins his Dad in grooving along to their favorite R&B music.

In this video, a man sitting on the couch is singing to the 1999 R&B tune “Shorty (Got Her Eyes on Me)” from Donell Jones. And the white Goldendoodle behind him clearly knows the number well, as he immediately starts bobbing and moving his head along to the music, just like his Dad is.

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“He been singing too much around that dog,” says someone, noting how he even has the head movements his owner most likely does down pat.

“I’m convinced Goldendoodles are people in dog form,” says another.

But dogs singing and even dancing along with their humans is not unheard of. After all, they are social animals—and when kept as house pets, their society becomes the people around them.

Dogs and Howling

Dogs have a variety of vocalizations they use to communicate with each other and other species around them, everything from whines to growls to barks and howls. Howling, in particular, is a social vocalization, designed to be used to communicate position to others of their kind. Wolves howl in packs while hunting to reveal their position as well as to “pump each other up” in preparation for their pursuit of prey, much like football players might have a chant or a cheer.

So when your dog howls along to the music you are listening to, they are just being social.

Dogs and Dancing

This is definitely the first time that I’ve seen a dog grooving like this, but plenty of dogs love to dance. Dogs can do yoga, ballet, and any variety of dog agility sports are predicated on the idea that dogs can learn routines, just like elephants, dolphins, and bears.

The difference is, dogs (like horses) have actually been domesticated over thousands of years to be the kind of animals who want to perform for humans, rather than the ones who are captured and forcibly trained into it.

In other words, this dog is performing to the music because he likes it, because having a good time with his human is his idea of a perfect day.

The Pros and Cons of Doodles

Goldendoodles are a “designer” breed of mutt, a type of dog that resulted from mixing two extremely established breeds—a Golden Retriever and a Poodle—in the hopes of getting a dog that combines elements of each that are most useful to people keeping pets. Ideally, a Goldendoodle will have the winning personality of a Golden Retriever, and the hypoallergenic, low-shedding coat qualities of a Poodle. These qualities are not designed for any hunting, herding, or other working dog purpose, but rather purely for the needs of the modern pet owner.

Dancing optional.

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