Hilarious moment Elsie the golden retriever rolls over and plays dead when her owner tries to take her home from their daily walk
- Hilarious footage showed the dog laying on the side walk refusing to get up
- Her owner Mike Cook was trying to get her home after taking the pet for a walk
- Social media users were in stitches over the footage of the very stubborn dog
A golden retriever has been caught on camera trying to prolong returning home from her daily walk by playing dead.
Hilarious footage showed the dog named Elsie lying on the footpath refusing to get up - much to the disappointment of her owner Mike Cook.
The owner pulled the dog's lead and looked around embarrassed at passersby over his pooch's actions while on the Gold Coast, in Queensland, on April 12.
Eventually Mr Cook dropped the leash and walked away from the dog in the hopes she would follow.
Hilarious footage showed the dog laying on the side walk refusing to get up - much to the disappointment of her owner Mike Cook
But Elsie stayed put and refused to move.
The defeated owner walked back to his dog and picked him up so she was now standing on all fours.
Mr Cook grabbed the leash and tried to get the dog walking again but Elsie quickly sat down again.
Share this article
Mr Cook repeatedly tried to get the dog to walk but she flat out refused.
Social media users were in stitches over the footage.
'He just wanted five more minutes,' one person said.
Eventually the owner dropped the lead and walked away from the dog in the hopes he would follow
Another said: 'He really tried to factory reset his dog and it still didn't work.'
'Golden retrievers are the absolute most stubborn dogs in the whole world and I have no idea why people are obsessed with them,' one social media user said.
One person said the footage was concerned for the owner as it made him look like he is mistreating the animal when he wasn't.
This isn't the first time that Elsie has gone viral for being stubborn and refusing to walk.
This isn't the first time that Elsie has gone viral for being stubborn and refusing to walk. In 2017 the petulant pooch caused the scene in front of crowds of people enjoying the sunny weather at Burleigh Hill on Queensland's Gold Coast
In 2017 the petulant pooch caused the scene in front of crowds of people enjoying the sunny weather at Burleigh Hill on Queensland's Gold Coast.
Video of the event showed Elsie acting very similarly to the most recent footage.
A man nearby could be heard saying 'Excuse me sir, I think your dog's broken,' as the canine ignores Mr Cook's best attempts to make it move on.
Mr Cook said Elsie can be a little spoiled sometimes and wasn't in the mood to be walking the day the video was captured by his neighbour Kayla Evans.
'We live about 100 metres from where that video was taken, let's put it this way when we turned around to go home, she ran home,' he told the ABC.
'It is what it is, the dog is always up to antics, it's to be expected I suppose.
'Elsie is quite a character, she is a pretty good dog, I would say borderline spoilt, she is very loved and loves adventure.'
Ms Evans told Daily Mail Australia she had been at her neighbours when they saw Mr Cook and Elsie.
'Being a designer/photographer I always have my phone on me and try to capture any moments worth sharing so the second I spotted the golden retriever playing up I knew it had to be shared,' she said.
'She dug her feet in and stood her ground for a few minutes, refusing the move in any direction I have a dog back at home who does the same thing when she goes to the vet so for me it was just so lighthearted and so funny.'
Comments 0
Share what you think
No comments have so far been submitted. Why not be the first to send us your thoughts, or debate this issue live on our message boards.
