Female Retriever Hilariously Proves Theory Lady Dogs Are More 'Judgmental'

A golden retriever from Toronto named Raya recently went viral on social media after her owner shared a clip of her looking very judgmental while explaining how a study from Japan found that dogs actually do judge you.

In the video, shared on TikTok on Monday under the username Rayathegoldo, Raya can be seen featured in many different judgmental poses, as the caption explains:

"Researchers in Japan found that dogs, particularly lady dogs, are judgmental of their owners when we make mistakes or act weird." It was followed by: "We needed research on this..?"

Raya's owner, Roshni, told Newsweek: "Raya is turning 2 this July. We brought her home when she was 8 weeks old! Her personality is independent and sassy but super loveable. She'll never bring the ball back when you throw it but she's so loveable that all you want to do is do that over & over again."

A study carried out earlier in October by researchers from the Kyoto University in Japan, found that dogs actually do judge humans for their mistakes and tend to stick to people who are more able to fulfill tasks for them, although this theory is only true for female dogs as males in the study were found to be less judgmental.

Researchers showed dogs two different people, one "competent" and one "incompetent," trying to open a container with food and found out that female dogs were more likely to approach the "competent" person, disregarding the "incompetent" one who was struggling to remove the lid, suggesting that female dogs make conscious decisions about who to approach when they're in need.

The video quickly gained popularity on social media, attracting animal lovers from across the platform. It has so far received over 1.8 million views and 145,800 likes.

One user, Bigbenisdaman, commented: "Can confirm, gets judgy-eyed a lot." And Laura said: "Can confirm, bombastic side eye." Ada added: "If my dog doesn't like me, he's free to get a job and move out whenever he wants." And catfishblanch joked: "Does she bite? Worse, She judges you."

Void wrote: "I did not need a scientist to tell me this." And Just little old me said: "Oh I know this from my frenchie she's constantly judging." Otis joked: "always the ladies." xXNickyXx added: "Dogs have a sense of humor. They will join in on the fun when they understand it."

Another user, maryrosepetrecca, commented: "I'm weird all the time with my name dog. He just joins in. Thinks it's fun. Same when I had a female do I don't think so." And Dewey_rocks said: "It's true my dog is constantly side-eyeing me and loudly exhaling like what's your problem lil guy I legit wish I was you sometimes."

LJL wrote: "Can confirm, I feel like my dog tolerates me cause I buy her her fav snacks." And Madison said: "Oh I know. I have 6 they all got an attitude." _camiolmos added: "My dog side eyes me over EVERYTHING."

Update 5/12/23, 6:20 a.m. ET: This article has been updated with comment from the OP, Roshni, and new pictures.

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