Doggo owner in awe of thoughtful canine's request for help after failing to independently remove an acorn shell from his paw: 'All of a sudden my dog is standing next to me with his paw up in the air'

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kalila courban
Feb 7, 2025 5:00 PM EST

Hey friends! If you're a dog owner, you know how adorably strange and unique our beloved canine companions can be. Today, we're shining our Animal Comedy spotlight on a thread where dog lovers gathered to discuss heartwarming stories of their dogs asking for help. It all started when the original poster (OP) recounted a moment when their dog approached them after struggling to remove an acorn shell from his paw. After about six minutes of trying on his own, the cute canine approached his human parent and extended his paw, as if to ask for help. This caught the OP off guard and led them to wonder: can dogs really ask their humans for help?

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    Can dogs ask for help?
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    I was sitting at my kitchen table and all of a sudden look down and my dog is standing next to me with his paw up in the air. I didn't think anything too much about it but I did think it was weird so I gently touched his paw and an acorn shell fell out!
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    I looked at my house cameras and noticed he had actually been dealing with this for 6 mins on his own trying to get it out before he ultimately came to me.
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    He's never ever done this before and I try not to anthropomorphize my pets. But it really does seem like he was trying to ask for help?
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  • He was most certainly asking for help if you ask us doggo lovers over here at the Animal Comedy headquarters. Doggos are smart entities, and they know when they must rely on their humans for assistance whether that be related to feeding them, letting them know about an incoming threat, or simply needing assistance removing an acorn shell from a paw. 

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    benji950 Top 1% Commenter Absolutely. And look at it this way: dogs (all animals, really) are reluctant to show pain because that makes them extremely vulnerable. The fact that your dog not only acknowledged pain to you but asked you to fix it shows how much he trusts you. We develop bonds with these strange creatures, and it's just so lovely when we can see how much they trust us to keep them safe.
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    It's bitter cold where I live, and throughout the days, I switch between wrestling my dog into booties and just taking her out for a quick pee. I thought we'd get away without the booties on an outing but after a few minutes, it was so cold that my dog looked at me, held up one of her front paws, and I immediately understood that her paws hurt so over my shoulder she went to get back inside.
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    On a sillier note, she has started bonking my leg with her head when she's on the bed covered in a blanket but wants to get down. Why the bonking? So I can pull the blanket off her to make it easier for her to jump down. She's done this twice now so I do believe I'm correctly interpreting this new and delightful behavior.
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    joanclaytonesq Top 1% Commenter It's not anthropomorphizing. Animals can and do ask people to help-- and not just house pets. I've seen videos of wild animals asking humans to help them free a friend or baby animal that is injured or trapped. It definitely makes sense that your dog would ask for help since you are someone who takes care of him.
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    ThisTooWillEnd My dog asks for help constantly. She's very bad at problem solving. If she stands up and her blanket falls on the floor, but she wants her blanket, she just stares at me or my husband until one of us gets up and picks up her blanket. Then she lays down on her bed and we put the blanket on her.
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    When her toy rolls somewhere she can't reach it, she just stares at us until we get it for her (or she forgets about it). If the cats are up high, she whines. We don't help her with that one. Sometimes cats are up high. Life is hard for all of us sometimes, Goof.
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    When she has to go out to go potty she stands near the door and stares at us. If we aren't paying enough attention, she comes over to us and looks at us, then walks to the door. "This over here. I need this."
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  • The bond between doggos and their human counterparts is so incredibly wholesome. It's a familial bond, we need to let our doggos know that we are always going to have their backs and we're going to do our best to give them the lives they deserve. 

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    RichieNRich YES, absolutely. When I first got my husky, when we'd go out to the local soccer field and play ball, sometimes the ball would wind up at the goal, and he'd invariably get tangled in the net.
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    Instead of struggling to break free because of being trapped, he'd just sit down and look at me. Obviously asking for help to get him free. I was astonished by this. I didn't teach him to this at all.
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    lufasa My dog will bark and then pause and stare at me when his ball is stuck under the couch.
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    darrarizer Testing has proven dogs are as smart as toddlers and they do know how to ask for help. Really wanna get your mind blown? Look up animals using talking buttons.
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    MissMillie2021 I was walking my 3 and my basset/pitt mix stopped held his paw up and looked back at me. I knelt down and felt his paw and found a cockle burr stuck between his toes. I pulled it off and he looked at me like thanks lady and off we went. They know
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