In an Instagram video from creator @morgan.rolo.pebbles, a Dachshund named Rolo stands in front of a round dog toy with a tennis ball and communicates with his owner. He locks in like he is running a serious meeting. Meanwhile, the onscreen text sets the premise, reading, “My dachshund is communicating clearly.”
Dog even gives ‘polite feedback’ while communicating with owner
The video shows the dog attempting to communicate with his owner as he drops the ball and watches it roll toward the middle opening of the toy. Once it settles where he wants it, he immediately looks at his owner. He wants them to pick up the ball and hand it back to him, staring at him in a way that the video calls a “clear communication” system.
First, he goes silent and stares, his tail wagging hard as he waits for help. The onscreen caption spells out when he locks eyes with his owner, reading, “Eye contact established,” while Rolo’s eyes stay wide and fixed, like he is asking, “What are you waiting for?”
The next time, he gives a single bark, which the caption labels as a “polite feedback.” But then Rolo gets more direct and firm. The third time he waits for his owner to hand over the ball to him, he barks again — twice this time, and with more energy. Meanwhile, the text calls this “detailed instructions.”
By the end, Rolo escalates one more time — with the ball still sitting in the center and his tail still whipping back and forth, the caption reads, “Reiterating for emphasis,” as he barks thrice this time. In the video’s caption, the owner writes, “Clear communication looks different for everyone. This is what it looks like in our house.”
Viewers loved how focused Rolo looked while he worked through his “system.” One person wrote, “The eye contact says it all,” while another commented, “Clearly it should be an Olympic sport,” and a third viewer added, “You are such a talent Rolo!”
The dog may not say a word that people understand in the video, but he still manages to communicate with his owner, all using one tennis ball.
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