A woman being woken up by her golden retriever has delighted TikTokers, with one user commenting, “What a fabulous wake up to get every morning.”
In the video, Daisy the golden retriever, @daisythegoldiee, can be seen patiently waiting by her owner’s bed, holding one of her slippers in her mouth. The text reads, “Every morning she will bring me my slippers and wait for me to start the day.”
The video has been viewed almost 900,000 times, with more than 100,000 likes. Daisy’s owner can be heard saying, “Good morning. You got something for me? Is that my shoe? Thank you,” in a typical “baby voice” she apologizes for, captioning the video “Excuse my baby talk she is just too cute.”
TikToker jotadacosta wrote, “DONT Excuse yourself there’s no other way to talk to these wonderful angels .. I baby talk to my girls all the time,” to which the original poster replied, “They are too precious.”
Why Do We Talk to Dogs Like Babies?
It is an odd phenomenon that, as soon as we see a cute animal, many of us begin talking in a “baby voice.”
Scientists at the University of York have shown that using “dog speak” to communicate with our animals is an important relationship-building tool between a pet and an owner, similar to that with human babies.
The research paper called “Who’s A Good Boy!?” was published in Animal Cognition journal, and found that dogs were more likely to want to interact and spend time with the speaker that used canine-directed speech and related content than with those that used adult-directed speech with no dog-related content.
Researchers at the University of York conducted a series of speech tests with adult dogs, where they were “given the chance to listen to one person using dog-directed speech containing phrases such as ‘you’re a good dog’, and ‘shall we go for a walk?’
“The dogs then listened to another person using adult-directed speech with no dog-related content, such as ‘I went to the cinema last night.’”
The researchers measured the dogs’ attention, and then the animals were allowed to choose which person they wanted to play with. The study was designed to ascertain whether it was the “high-pitched emotional tone of the speech that dogs were attracted to or the words themselves.”
Dr Katie Slocombe from the University of York’s Department of Psychology, said: “A special speech register, known as infant-directed speech, is thought to aid language acquisition and improve the way a human baby bonds with an adult.
“This form of speech is known to share some similarities with the way in which humans talk to their pet dogs, known as dog-directed speech.”
Alex Benjamin, a PhD student, said: “We found that adult dogs were more likely to want to interact and spend time with the speaker that used dog-directed speech with dog-related content, than they did those that used adult-directed speech with no dog-related content.”
Michele Granrath-Ket commented, “So precious thank you for sharing your wonderful pooch.”
TikToker Jesus Pacheco wrote: “Never apologies for talking to a baby like a baby they are the most beautiful babies in the whole world.”
Newsweek has reached out to @daisythegoldiee for comment.
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