Brussels Griffon Tries Reverse Psychology to Score Counter Cheese
By Leo Takahashi0
Bold move to assume anyone is buying that poker face.
Walter planted himself squarely on the kitchen runner, turned his back to the counter, and made a show of staring into the middle distance while someone chopped cheese nearby.
The four-year-old Brussels Griffon was executing a culinary strategy so deeply thought out it bordered on Shakespearean. Most dogs handle snack preparation by breathing hot air directly onto your kneecaps, but Walter took the high road of pure, calculated indifference. If you pretend you do not care about cheddar, maybe the universe—or at least the person holding the knife—will decide you deserve a share anyway.
The art of the deliberate freeze
In the clip shared by his family on Instagram at @walterandsteve, the little brown bearded dog refuses to turn his head toward the cutting board, even as the knife thuds against the wood. An on-screen text overlay sums up the internal monologue: “Maybe if I pretend I don’t want cheese, they’ll give me some.” Captioning the moment, his humans simply admitted, “It might work!”
Dog lovers instantly recognized the tactical masterclass in canine manipulation:
