Bulldog Steals Ice Cream From Owner in Hilarious Viral Clip: 'Not for You!'

A video of a dog stealing an ice cream treat meant for another dog has gone viral on TikTok, where it received three million views and 482,000 likes at the time of reporting.

The footage shared by Theziccardibulldogs, a TikTok account for two dogs described as "the worst behaved bulldogs in Bedfordshire [in England of the U.K.]," was posted with a caption that read: "When ice cream is life [monkey with eyes covered emoji]."

The video shows a hand holding a stick of ice cream, moving directly towards one of the bulldogs. Then suddenly an identical-looking bulldog sweeps into view and snatches the ice cream with its mouth as a voice in the video yells: "Nigel!..the f***k! Get off, that's not your ice cream!"

Nigel's cheeky behavior is not surprising because dogs are "not sensitive to watching-eyes" when it comes to stealing food, according to a January 2020 study published in the peer-reviewed journal Scientific Reports.

The study said that while people are less "likely to carry out risky behavior in general" when they feel they're being watched, "dogs, despite being highly sensitive to human eyes, do not show the watching-eye effect."

The study also found that dogs understand social rules, such as being slower to steal food when commanded to leave it. However, "this understanding appears to be specific to the person giving the rule and does not generalize to novel observers.

"For example, dogs are more likely to steal forbidden food when a novel observer replaces the person giving the command," the study explained.

The latest TikTok video has had users in stitches, with several feeling bad for the other dog (Bella) who was cheated from getting her treat.

One commenter said: "Poor Bella, look at her face when she thought she was getting a treat."

The original poster replied: "Don't worry she got a whole one to herself after I put him in the kitchen [crying laughing emoji]"

Another commenter wrote: "The confusion and disappointment [teary-eyed sad face emojis] in a comment that got 1,918

While a third said: "I demand justice for Nigel's sibling! And an apology video, with tears."

A fourth said: "His name being Nigel made this 20x funnier than it should've been." in a comment that got 344 likes.

And another agreed: "[Your] dog's name is Nigel [crying laughing emojis] I love it."