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Pretending to faint to see how your dog will react is an actual thing now

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Sep 16th 2015, 8:44 AM 6,003 Views 6 Comments

CHECKING IN ON trends from around the world can be a delightfully eye-opening experience.

So prepare yourself for the latest from Japan.

According to Fox in Australia and Buzzfeed there is now a legitimate trend where dog owners pretend to faint to see what their pooch does – whilst filming the reaction.

This Twitter video has over 120,000 retweets, and shows how it works

飼い主がいきなり倒れた時の反応 pic.twitter.com/ec6JKNbHpd
— するめ (@amiyaki673) September 13, 2015

Source: するめ/Twitter

Full video here.

The little dog just keeps on strolling, probably aware that the owner is acting the shite

doggiewalking Source: Twitter

All the tweets from FOX and Buzzfeed can be translated from Japanese into this phrase: “reaction when the owner has fallen suddenly.”

Which seems to sum up the game

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On further investigation, people do seem interested in their pets’ reactions

Constantly pretending to faint (very convincingly, might I add) to see how my dog would react.
— Paula Lemos (@paulathegemini) March 8, 2015

Source: Venus Black/Twitter

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I'm pretending to faint to see if my dog cares about me. So that's where I'm at in my day.
— Kunke (@notallikrunke) February 14, 2013

Source: Alli Kunke/Twitter

Pretending to die/faint in front your dog to see if he/she does anything to help you
— Sour Patch Kid (@hayley_hadad) January 2, 2013

Source: Hayley هايلي/Twitter

One of the tweets from Japan shows this little pup running to the aid of its owner

飼い主がいきなり倒れた時の反応 pic.twitter.com/xQlP8A0xhv
— たかけん (@gunsli_aaron) September 13, 2015

Source: たかけん@10月東京/Twitter

Good doggie

pup2 Source: Twitter

The coverage has even got people trying it for themselves

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Pretending to faint to see how your dog will react is an actual thing now

We are through the looking glass.

This Twitter video has over 120,000 retweets, and shows how it works