Couple Caught Arguing Over Who Sits With Dog on Couch: 'Classic'

A video of a couple fighting over their dog has gone viral on TikTok, where it received over 192,000 likes at the time of this writing.

A message overlaid on the video, which was posted by user @gacheleraede, said: "Oh look it's the parents who didn't want any dogs, arguing over who gets to sit by the dog."

The clip, which was shared with a caption that simply read "Classic," showed a dog sitting between a couple snuggled under a blanket at opposite ends of a couch.

As the dog sat up to move away, the man was seen holding onto the pet, while a woman tried to pull the dog closer to her. The man was later seen shaking the dog while the woman held onto the dog before the clip ended.

Interest in pet adoptions surged globally during the earlier part of the COVID-19 pandemic.

According to a May 2021 study in the peer-reviewed journal Frontiers in Veterinary Science, from 2015 through 2020, the relative search volume (RSV) on Google for pet, dog and cat adoption peaked between April and May 2020. "These were significantly higher than the 5-year worldwide average RSV for all three categories," the study said.

Compared with the same period in 2019, "the RSV ratio (2020/2019) for both dog and cat adoption increased by up to 250 percent," according to the study. However, the RSV for dog adoption has been dropping since July 2020 and returned to the five-year average by December 2020, the study found.

An August 2022 study published in the peer-reviewed journal Anthrozoös found that pet ownership and pet attachment were "positively associated with well-being in people with low levels of resilience."

The study said : "Most participants reported that their pets provided emotional comfort and had a positive impact on their lives during the early stages of the pandemic."

The latest viral video has left TikTokers in stitches, including some who commented on what the dog may have been thinking.

In a comment that got 5,234 likes, user my name is ghost wrote: "U can tell they do this often just by the look of the dogs face. He's used to it."

User Time Wizard wrote the dog must be thinking: "Guys guys there's enough to go around." User4632815434879 said the pet must have thought: " I knew this was going to happen eventually."

User Tatyanajanae(butterfly emoji): "& whole time the dog just wants to get off the couch [crying laughing emoji]."

Newsweek has contacted the original poster for comment. This video has not been independently verified.