Bulldog Utterly Bowled Over

April 10, 2024 6:27 AM

Videos from The Dodo are usually a bit sappy but always heartwarming. However, Bulldog Obsessed With Bowls Gets A Special Delivery [3m20s] is full of exactly the kind of WTF that leads me to post it here.
posted by hippybear (36 comments total)

bowldog
posted by bonehead at 6:34 AM on April 10 [7 favorites]

At first I was like oh that's cute and then I was like ok now it's weird.
posted by Gorgik at 6:37 AM on April 10 [5 favorites]

Great, I was fooled into watching more than 3 minutes of a dog’s bowl movements.

So, I guess peak internet.
posted by GenjiandProust at 6:42 AM on April 10 [13 favorites]

At least he knows what he likes.
posted by kinnakeet at 6:51 AM on April 10 [6 favorites]

Even the happiest bulldogs often seem put-upon or aggrieved to me, I guess just the way my anthropomorphism interprets their squishy little faces, so I'm imagining Theo's internal dialogue like:

man, these two legged people seem nice but what is with their bowl obsession, do they not realize how much managing these bowls take? ok sure, they seem busy, i will take ownership of the bowl management. it's a lot but i'll do my best to stay on top of it, because i love you guys. *proceeds to laboriously manage an ever-increasing bowl collection*

*sits back after a long day of bowl corralling* whew. okay. that's the last bowl chewed and dragged. finally a chance to relax. *two legged people make noises* *mysterious box appears* OH NO
posted by Two unicycles and some duct tape at 6:58 AM on April 10 [27 favorites]

His jaw is kinda messed up, maybe the thin rim of the bowls make them easier to pick up than other toys? Anyway I’m glad he’s happy.
posted by Hypatia at 7:10 AM on April 10 [1 favorite]

My family owned a series of bulldogs. They are very much like adopting a slightly dazed, lazy, and flatulent uncle into the family.

They are incredibly patient with hyperactive children, but do get the expression of a Renaissance martyr in their eyes when the little buggers just wont stop.
posted by Abehammerb Lincoln at 7:25 AM on April 10 [13 favorites]

The reveal of the dishwasher stuffed with bowls neatly encapsulates the way your life gets peculiar when you have a furry little weirdo to accommodate.

Something about his reaction to the box makes me think of Bill McNeil from Newsradio and his never-ending canes.
posted by praemunire at 7:31 AM on April 10 [6 favorites]

That dog is enriched as hell.
posted by ivan ivanych samovar at 7:45 AM on April 10 [7 favorites]

MetaFilter: slightly dazed, lazy, and flatulent
posted by cmerrill at 7:54 AM on April 10 [18 favorites]

Not to read too much into the editing here, but do you think all of producer/director Stephanie Rodriguez' videos have the same, tongue-in-cheek, "this seemingly innocent scenario, while sweet, is also insane, because that is the nature of modern capitalist humanity" vibe to them?

Alas, I don't have the time at this moment to dig into her oeuvre and find out. If anyone else does, I hope you'll let us know what you find...
posted by marlys at 8:23 AM on April 10 [2 favorites]

Something about his reaction to the box makes me think of Bill McNeil from Newsradio and his never-ending canes.

Now I just wish there had been a "this one displeases me" moment in the video.
posted by Navelgazer at 8:49 AM on April 10 [2 favorites]

I think there was a 'this displeases me' moment when he tried to lick the paper insert in one of the new bowls out and did not succeed.
posted by jamjam at 9:01 AM on April 10 [1 favorite]

Bulldogs, English or French, are noted for their skateboarding skills. We had English bulldogs when I was a kid. They have great hearts but are dumb as a post. My mom once dropped an open paper bag on the kitchen floor after emptying it. Our dogs heard the noise, came into the kitchen and totally freaked out. It was like seeing a UFO for them. They were barking their non-Einsteinian heads off in total terror.

But they were lovable. Apart from their violation-of-the-Geneva-accords silent but deadly room clearing farts, that is...
posted by y2karl at 9:14 AM on April 10 [4 favorites]

We had an Irish wolfhound like that. Several times we had to go to bed because we couldn't stay downstairs.
posted by 43rdAnd9th at 9:18 AM on April 10 [2 favorites]

Besides the big ole serotonin hit from the Dodo, I really appreciate the stories they show of rescue work, fostering, etc. (I'll admit that in my heart I'm always a little bummed when they don't foster fail - although I absolutely recognize the importance of sending dogs/cats off to another home so you can foster more.)

Things like this and "We Rate Dogs" reminds me that the world isn't entirely bleak and downtrodden - there are spark of life in them
posted by drewbage1847 at 9:22 AM on April 10 [3 favorites]

I question the wisdom of having that dog around a pool.
posted by HotToddy at 9:34 AM on April 10

Things like this and "We Rate Dogs" reminds me that the world isn't entirely bleak and downtrodden - there are spark of life in them.

Don't forget the Dogist! Also on YouTube!
posted by y2karl at 9:39 AM on April 10 [1 favorite]

I would wean doggy off the metal pans and get it to love silicon ones. Way too much noise. I need calm in my life
posted by Czjewel at 9:42 AM on April 10 [1 favorite]

I question the wisdom of having that dog around a pool.

Ours were exceptionally strong swimmers. When I was a kid, my dad used to drive to the Payette River where we threw 3 foot long branches in the stream. They fought over each one all the way back to shore.
posted by y2karl at 9:43 AM on April 10

I would wean doggy off the metal pans and get it to love silicon ones. Way too much noise. I need calm in my life

I'm wondering if that's the point of the bowls. Perhaps the pup has sight issues, so the sound of the bowls is what's attractive. Watching the glee in which it knocks down towers, I'm thinking the noise is the joy.
posted by bacalao_y_betun at 10:07 AM on April 10 [1 favorite]

He has no head. His tremendous neck just ends in a goofy face.

I love him.
posted by Phobos the Space Potato at 11:06 AM on April 10 [14 favorites]

Bowling over the bowl tower made my entire day. Good dog.
posted by ceejaytee at 11:16 AM on April 10 [1 favorite]

I had a friend with the same self gift! RIP, R!
posted by dobbs at 12:29 PM on April 10 [3 favorites]

Had bulldogs growing up too. They are dumb, and yet, they are so stubborn that they’ll often develop a superhuman wiliness just to get their way.

Also, they will smoke you in a foot race/chase, even if it means major coronary/respiratory disaster. I got tackled many times in my life by my bulldogs, even when I had a sizable lead on them. Ah, good times.
posted by Don.Kinsayder at 12:49 PM on April 10 [1 favorite]

I know from personal experience that they are the best tug of war dogs ever.
posted by y2karl at 1:01 PM on April 10 [2 favorites]

And don't forget Sunny.
posted by y2karl at 1:08 PM on April 10

I like it when dogs are weird and their people indulge whatever oddball things they're into. To me, that's what is charming about dogs.

(Cats are clearly weirdos too, but in a different, separately delightful way.)
posted by edencosmic at 2:38 PM on April 10 [4 favorites]

The great scar where his tail once was makes me so sad.
posted by Hogshead at 3:06 PM on April 10 [2 favorites]

I'm pretty sure that's his lil tan tail? Bulldogs and some other breeds are susceptible to "screwtail."

But no worries I will stalk his Instagram to be sure (bulldog_dad). Carefully examining each and every dog picture, tail or no, is a thankless job but I will do it.
posted by muddgirl at 3:21 PM on April 10 [5 favorites]

Bulldogs and some other breeds are susceptible to "screwtail."

They do have that 'pin the screwy tail on the bulldog' look more often than not. Their tail wagging is something else
posted by y2karl at 5:03 PM on April 10

Thank you. That was a refreshing break from doomscrolling.
posted by JustSayNoDawg at 8:25 PM on April 10 [1 favorite]

I lost it at “he sleeps with them.”
posted by mbrubeck at 9:13 PM on April 10

The great scar where his tail once was makes me so sad.

He has a corkscrew tail, his is a little flatter and closer to the body than most, but bulldogs are born with those. Ours have had 'em all - perfect corkscrews, ice cream cone looking tails, cinnamon buns, no tails and so on. Sometimes they'll have an unusually deep tail pocket or an impacted tail and then the tail will often have to be removed. The rescue I work with just had to have that done on one of the new intakes.
posted by azpenguin at 9:14 PM on April 10 [2 favorites]

I loved this, thank you! I only wish the Dodo would stop with the cutsey music on everything...the videos are cute enough.
posted by tiny frying pan at 4:54 AM on April 11 [3 favorites]

I would wean doggy off the metal pans and get it to love silicon ones. Way too much noise. I need calm in my life

Well... except that opens a new whole other can of worms: there is silicon and silicone. Which are not the same thing:

Life without Plastic: What is Silicone?
posted by y2karl at 5:16 AM on April 12