More often than not dogs behave themselves, but on occasion, their inner monologues start directing them into mischievousness and that couldn't be more true for a dog named Aries.
As a Dogo Argentino, Aries is no stranger to getting into trouble. His owner, known on TikTok as @ariesgoeseverywhere, told Newsweek that this dog breed is a working breed and with their intelligence comes a mischievous mind.
Aries was banned from touching the Christmas tree, but he managed to pull a page from the Harry Potter series to use a loophole to get close to the tree. He covered himself, or at least the top half of himself, with a blanket. That was his "invisibility cloak."
In his mind, if he had on the cloak, no one would see him. He was oh-so-close and the effort was admirable. If only he had the cloak covering his entire body.
Aries inched closer and closer to the tree, totally believing he reached freedom and was able to be with his banned object. But when the "cloak" slipped, he realized he was busted.
He scurried back trying rapidly to adjust it, but it was too late. All eyes were on him and his clever antics were caught right on camera.
The December 12 TikTok video reached 729,400 views and 108,300 views. Behind all the laughter, several TikTok users also came to this dog's defense, claiming the dog did nothing wrong.
One person wrote: "Does anyone know what she's talking about? I couldn't see anything but a Christmas tree."
"Something is wrong with you. I See NOTHING by the tree. Dogs are too funny!" added another.
If this hilarious clip wasn't enough to earn Aries fame, his grandfather might do the trick.
Aries is the grand-doggo to the famous dog named Morocho De La Cocha, his owner said. This legendary dog saved two little girls from a mountain lion in Argentina.
Morocho fiercely stepped in when a mountain lion started chasing the two children who were picking figs in 2008. The battle left Morocho severely injured and the mountain lion lifeless, but thankfully, Morocho was nursed back to health over the following ten days. He became a true hero within the family, community, and world.
One of the doggy legend's puppies, who is Aries's father, was brought to the U.S. from Argentina. Both the father and Aries's mother are owned by this TikTok creator's father.
The owner said, "Both parent dogs have really great personalities so we had one litter of puppies and Aries was the puppy that we kept."
Maybe Aries's fascination with the Christmas tree is due to the fact his grandfather saved the girls from a tree. Must be something in that Dogo Argentino blood!
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